ABOUT HIM• Name: Nathan Baker• Age: 33• Marital status: married with an 8-year-old son, and a child on the way• Education: attended Dade County High School, received training at Northwest Georgia Regional Police Academy• Work experience: 13 years of law enforcement experience at the Dade County Sheriff’s Office and the Rossville Police Department• Contact info: 423-718-3199
Rossville police Officer Nathan Baker has announced he is running for sheriff in Dade County, Ga.
Baker, with 13 years experience in law enforcement, is running against incumbent Sheriff Patrick Cannon and former Dade County Chief Deputy Tim McDonald in the GOP primary election.
If elected sheriff, the 33-year-old Baker said he would like to patrol as much as possible to talk firsthand with residents about their needs.
“Some have said a sheriff’s job is just too busy to patrol,” he said in a written statement. “I want to show citizens a new approach to the county’s law enforcement capability.”