SR59: SR59 Ayers, Michael T.; recognize

This resolution is a ceremonial honor from the Georgia Senate. It recognizes Michael T. Ayers, who led the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (POST) as Executive Director starting in 2019, for receiving the Georgia's Outstanding Police Chief of the Year award. The resolution recounts his career, from joining the Hartwell Police Department in 1989 through his time at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and his appointment as POST's Executive Director by Governor Brian Kemp. It credits him with modernizing POST operations and notes he retired from state service on January 2, 2025. The Senate resolves to congratulate him and directs the Secretary of the Senate to give him a copy of the resolution.

• Formally congratulates Michael T. Ayers for being awarded Georgia's Outstanding Police Chief of the Year.
• Recounts his career history, including his roles at the Hartwell Police Department, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and POST.
• Credits him with modernizing operations at the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Ayers.
• Creates no new law, funding, or penalty; it is a symbolic honor with no regulatory effect.

The resolution directly concerns Michael T. Ayers and the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. It has no regulatory effect on the public, law enforcement agencies, or any other group beyond this formal recognition.

The resolution has no legal or regulatory effect; it does not change any Georgia law, create funding, or impose requirements. Its significance is purely ceremonial, marking the Senate's formal recognition of a retiring state law enforcement official's career.

• Recites Ayers' career history starting with the Hartwell Police Department in 1989 and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in 1990.
• Notes his appointment as POST Executive Director by Governor Brian P. Kemp on May 15, 2019.
• States he retired from state service on January 2, 2025.
• Resolves that the Senate recognizes and congratulates him for the Outstanding Police Chief of the Year award.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Ayers.

1. 2025-01-29Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2025-01-28Senate Hopper (Senate)

• John Albers (R, SD-056)Primary sponsor
• Brandon Beach (R, SD-021)
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• Carden Summers (R, SD-013)
• Chuck Payne (R, SD-054)
• Timothy Bearden (R, SD-030)

• law enforcement
• POST council
• Senate resolution
• police leadership