Sheriff's office reports 41 inmates, weekly arrests and detective to join KBI

At the County Commission meeting on Aug. 25 an official from the sheriff's office reported that the jail population was 41 (39 males, 2 females), with 35 held for district court and six held for municipal court. The official said the office made 26 arrests during the week covered and listed incident counts including six crashes worked, one fatal crash, one pursuit, two drug arrests, one criminal damage case, five DUI cases, 55 traffic contacts and several warrant arrests.

The same speaker announced a resignation: Detective Connor Davis will leave the department to work for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The official said a resignation letter will be placed in Davis’s personnel file and wished him well.

No motions or directives regarding staffing or jail population adjustments were recorded in the meeting minutes; the report was entered as part of routine departmental updates.