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State officials and law enforcement officers honor the late Colonel Sidney Miles
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Front row l-r: Marty Kemp, Governor Brian Kemp, Mathew Miles, Lana Miles and Natalee Miles. Back row l-r: Kathy Werkheiser, Rep. Bill Werkheiser, Rep. Buddy DeLoach, Linda DeLoach, Dayle Burns and Jon Burns
State Officials, including Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia State Troopers and other law enforcement officers and friends, gathered at the Georgia State Patrol Post 18 Barracks in Reidsville, Georgia, on Friday morning, November 6, 2026, at 11 a.m., to honor the life and service of the former commissioner of the Georgia State Patrol, Colonel Sidney Miles. Among those who spoke were Captain Chad Gray, Troup I Commander; Colonel Billy Hitchins, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Public Safety; Governor Brian Kemp; Speaker Jon Burns, Georgia House of Representatives; Buddy Deloach, Georgia State Representative; and Mathew Miles, son of Colonel Sidney Miles and a third generation Georgia State Trooper.