O.C.G.A. § 35-2-36 (2019)

(a) The battalion of the Uniform Division shall consist of such personnel as the commissioner, with the approval of the board, may deem necessary within the limits set by available appropriations.

(b) The personnel of the battalion shall be ranked according to a semimilitary structure with such ranks as the board shall deem appropriate, including, but not restricted to, the following:

(1) Major;

(2) Captain;

(3) First lieutenant;

(4) Sergeant first class;

(5) Sergeant;

(6) Corporal;

(7) Trooper first class;

(8) Trooper;

(9) Trooper cadets; and

(10) Process servers.

(c) Within the limits set by available appropriations, the commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to employ such recruits or cadets as may be deemed necessary, who may become members of the Uniform Division but who shall not be members of the Uniform Division so long as they remain recruits or cadets; provided, however, that such recruits or cadets are designated as ‘‘peace officers’’ as such term is defined in paragraph (11) of Code Section 16-1-3 and shall have the authority of a peace officer.

(d) The commissioner shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the enlistment and training of recruits or cadets subject to the approval of the board.