Dave Roberson – Award of Honor
Dave Roberson comes from a family of public servants: father, Lonzo Roberson – Deputy Chief Rome Police Department; brother, Brad Roberson – Deputy Chief Rome Fire Department; and cousin, Brandon Roberson – Sergeant, Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Dave Roberson was elected as Sheriff of Floyd County in 2020 and was recently re-elected to his second term effective January 2025. He has 30 years of continuous service with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office.
• Certified as a jail officer, peace officer, general instructor, and crisis intervention training (CIT) instructor through the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (P.O.S.T.)
• 2022 Georgia Department of Community Supervision Public Stakeholder Award
• 2018 Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau Superstar of Service
• 2005 Field Services Deputy of the Year
• Graduate, Leadership Rome Class of XXXVI
• Member, Coosa Valley Fraternal Order of Police
• Board of Directors, Community Criminal Justice Foundation
• Board of Directors, Sexual Assault Center of NWGA
• Board of Directors, Harbor House Child Advocacy Center
• Board of Directors, Blood Assurance Rome
• Board of Directors, Vital Grace
• Advisory Board Member, NextDoor at LivingProof Recovery
• Committee Member, Walk to End Alzheimer’s (Rome)
• Member, Noon Optimist Club
• Member, Exchange Club of Rome
• Volunteer, Rome GA Cares Disaster Relief Efforts
• Volunteer, Rome-Floyd Parks & Recreation Challenger Baseball & Basketball Leagues
• Volunteer, Special Olympics of Georgia
• Floyd County Sherriff’s Office Community Programs: Sheriff Santa, Santa for Seniors, and F.R.E.E.D.
• Past Mentor, Rome Middle School Habitudes Program
• Contestant, 2017 Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge