HENRY COUNTY: Eric Blankenship had 18 years of volunteer service with Echo Fire-Rescue. He then went to work with Henry County Sheriff Department as a Deputy Sheriff.
Eric Blankenship worked patrol and investiation with then Henry County Sheriff Will Maddox. During his tenure he worked to learn all aspects of the Sheriff Department. When Abbeville Police Chief became vacant the Abbeville City Council selected Eric Blankenship as Chief of Police for the City of Abbeville.
When Henry County Sheriff Will Maddox decided not to seek re-election and retire Eric Blankenship made the decision to seek election as Sheriff. And the registered voters of Henry County selected Eric to become Sheriff.
While he is Sheriff, he is just “Eric”. A simple man with a passion to serve and protect the citizens and guests of Henry County. In any small department the Sheriff has to be an Administrator and a field law enforcement officer. Sometimes he is behind the desk and a lot of times he is in the field working cases or working the streets side by side with the men and women in the department.
The Henry County Sheriff Department is under a major renovation program on the Henry County Jail. A project that has been long overdue to modernize and expand the jail facilities.
Sheriff Eric Blankenship has a great working relationship with Henry County Probate Judge/Commission Chairman Ray Marler and members of the Henry County Commission. With that working relationship many improvements have been made within the department.
There are 568 square miles of Henry County. Sheriff Blankenship and the men and women of the Henry County Sheriff Department work to keep a safe county for the citizens to live and work. The department has a trained Special Response Team for those cases where danger is ever present to make sure the accused is safely taken into custody and everyone is safe.
Sheriff Blankenship and the men and women of the department has fun with falg football with the areas school students. Working to create a friendship between law enforcement to make young people comfortable with the aw enforcement officers. Making sure the young people know they can call the Sheriff at anytime they have a problem and talk to him. Sheriff Blankenship does not want to be a figure head, but a friend. But he does not hesitate to be an authoritive figure with them when needed.
Eric Blankenship has enjoyed serving the citizens of Henry County as Sheriff. He ask for your vote to keep serving as YOUR Sheriff.
