Curtis Clemons was raised in the metro Atlanta area by his mother. From modest beginnings, as the youngest of two brothers, Curtis Clemons was taught the core values of hard work, treating people fairly, and giving back to the community. Curtis Clemons comes from a long family history of military service and law enforcement. He is a veteran and earned an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps.
Upon leaving the U.S. Marine Corps, Curtis Clemons became a Gwinnett County Deputy Sheriff where he worked at the Detention Center as a jailer, Field Training Officer, and Detainee Court Transportation coordinator. He also worked in Field Operations, serving Criminal warrants and Civil process correspondence. Curtis Clemons earned the opportunity to be promoted to Sergeant, but declined and pursued his passion for more community involvement, instead becoming a Gwinnett County Police Officer. Curtis Clemons excelled and rose through the ranks during his law enforcement career.
He worked fourteen years as an investigator, often working high profile cases in Special Victims Unit, Burglary, and Homicide. He was also the first Black person appointed to Chief of Staff and Assistant Chief. As Assistant Chief, he was the commander of E911, Fleet Vehicles, Records, and the Police Academy Training Section, where he helped to facilitate an annual budget in excess of 100 million dollars. He retired after thirty (30) years of service to Gwinnett County in 2019, to run for Gwinnett County Sheriff. Curtis Clemons ran an intense campaign but fell short of enough votes during a competitive electoral runoff with the current Gwinnett Sheriff. Subsequently, he was requested to be an investigator and community outreach liaison with the Gwinnett Solicitor General’s Office, where he fought to protect the rights of families living in extended stay hotels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Curtis Clemons holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s in Professional Business Leadership from Shorter University. Curtis Clemons is a graduate of Gwinnett County’s L.E.A.D. program (Leadership, Education, and Development), the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Program, and a graduate of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief School.
Curtis Clemons continues to serve locally and internationally! He has served as a mentor through the Gwinnett County Schools G.I.V.E. program and also has served as the Vice President of the L.E.A.A.D.S. (Law Enforcement Agencies Assisting in the Development of Students) program in Snellville, which helps to provide mentorship for Gwinnett’s youth. Curtis Clemons has been the recipient of the Most Distinguished Alumni Award from Shorter University for his work in the community, the Diversity Achievement Award, from Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Community Service Forum Award.
Curtis Clemons has served on several community impact boards to include the Gwinnett-NAACP, as vice-president of the Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition steering committee, in partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, which helped to recognize and honor, Charles Hale, who was falsely accused of a crime and lynched in Lawrenceville in 1911. With the help of the members of the Gwinnett Remembrance Coalition, community, County and Lawrenceville City Officials, a marker and visitation area were established to honor Charles Hale and educate visitors about that tragic incident.
In January 2021, Curtis Clemons was asked to work for the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office as the Deputy Chief of Investigations. As Deputy Chief, he supervised investigators, located witnesses and defendants for trial, subpoena service, supervised post arrest investigations, including unsolved Cold Cases, and other daily administrative operations. In 2022, Curtis Clemons, traveled to Abuja, Nigeria where he was asked to present to the FMC (Federal Medical Center) Hospital Director, Dr. Sa’ad Ahmed, hospital security and administration, on the synergy of service, security, and community engagement. Curtis Clemons left the District Attorney’s Office in April of 2023, to run for Gwinnett County Sheriff in the 2024 Elections. Curtis Clemons has been a Gwinnett County resident for thirty-four years.
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