As populations in these counties rise, so does the need for increased deputy and police personnel. Many counties in Georgia have remained on top of this trend, however, lowering the number of arrests between the years 2009 and 2015 by rapidly increasing the number of deputies and police. In 2009, Georgia totaled over sixty-nine thousand (69,000) arrests, which decreased by sixteen (16) percent in 2015, totaling just over fifty-eight thousand (58,000) arrests.