COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – After hearing loud complaints from township supervisors about the lack of around-the-clock road patrols from the Branch County Sheriff’s Department, Board of Commissioners Chair Tim Stoll said near the end of Friday’s meeting it’s probably time the board looks at the problem.
He asked County Administrator Bud Norman to put the matter on the May 18 work meeting agenda.
He pointed out steps have been taken to address the problem but more needs to be done.
Half of the Sheriff’s Department road patrols were dropped in 2012 due to budget cuts caused by a drop in local and state revenues following the Great Recession of 2008-2009.
The Sheriff’s Department presently provides coverage 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
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