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Yamhill County approves sheriff-led grants for retail-theft enforcement and jail opioid treatment; kennel contract amended
Summary
The Board of Commissioners authorized the sheriff’s office to apply for and accept two Criminal Justice Commission grants — one to target organized retail theft and one to fund jail-based medications for opioid use disorder — and approved an amendment to a kennel services contract for the sheriff’s office.
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 9 authorized the sheriff to apply for and accept two Criminal Justice Commission grants — one for organized retail-theft enforcement up to $127,405 and one to fund jail-based medications for opioid use disorder up to $225,957 — and approved an amendment reducing reserved kennels and raising the per-kennel rate in a contract with a local shelter.
The actions matter because the grants would fund multi-agency enforcement and jail health services that sheriff’s officials said address recurring public-safety and public-health problems in the county. Commissioners approved the measures unanimously.
Sheriff Sam Elliott, who appeared at the meeting, described the organized retail-theft grant as a multi-agency effort. “This is…
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