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Bedford County sheriff's office reports rising jail population, traffic enforcement and larger drug seizures
Summary
At committee meetings Sept. 9, Bedford County law enforcement reported a surge in jail population and traffic enforcement, and presented multi-county drug investigations with sizable seizures of drugs and firearms.
Bedford County law enforcement told county committees on Sept. 9 that patrol activity and jail population rose in August, while investigators reported a series of drug cases with multiple arrests and seizures. The sheriff's office representative said officers logged about 83,000 patrol miles in August and described the jail as “filling up, quickly,” reporting a jail population that moved from about 300 back toward higher counts and at one point was recorded at 341 inmates. Committees were told the jail census dipped briefly…
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