Crime & Safety
Sheriff's Office Loses Grant Funding; Narcotics Officers to be Cut
Narcotics Unit already had been operating with less staff; now will be cut even more
In a news relase from the , Sheriff Oliver “Glenn” Boyer said state and federal grant funding used to help fund the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Municipal Enforcement Unit is being cut significantly and will cause a reduction in manpower.
Boyer said that for the past several years the Narcotics Unit has been operating with approximately 1/3 less from the maximum manpower levels. The latest cut in funding will result in the loss of three additional task force officers.
This decrease in funding will create a strain on the already busy Narcotics Unit as the use of heroin is up and the unit is on a record pace in methamphetamine lab seizures, Boyer said in the news release
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Boyer said the loss will mean the Task Force will be unable to respond to citizens complaints on narcotics issues in a timely manner but we will respond as quickly as possible.
"We take all information we receive from the community seriously and are able to develop many active narcotics cases as a result," Boyer said in the release. "We still want the information, we ask our citizens to be patient with our ability to respond in a timely manner."
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