The GBI announces promotion of Scott Dutton as Deputy Director of the Investigative Division
Decatur, GA – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announces t he promotion of Scott Dutton to Deputy Director in command of the Investigative Division. The Investigative Division is the largest division of the GBI with over 350 personnel including special agents, intelligence analysts, digital forensic investigators, investigative assistants, information technology specialists, a forensic artist, and forensic auditors. As Deputy Director, Dutton will oversee the agency’s fifteen regional f i eld offices, six regional drug enforcement offices, and numerous specialized units.
Dutton began his career in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff with the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office in 1985. In July 1988, he became a Special Agent with the GBI assigned to the Thomaston Regional Office in middle Georgia. Following his time in the Regional Office, Dutton spent over ten years representing the GBI on various drug enforcement units throughout the state of Georgia.
Beginning in late 2001, Dutton served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge and later Special Agent in Charge of the Georgia Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( GISAC), the state of Georgia’s fusion center. He spent over 14 years at GISAC, where he supervised a state level counter- terrorism unit and represented GBI leadership on the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
In 2015, Dutton was promoted to Inspector and assumed the responsibilities of the Public Affairs Director for GBI’s three divisions; the Crime Laboratory, the Georgia Crime Information Center, and the Investigative Division.
He is a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.