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Board OKs sheriff spending shift to buy in‑vehicle laptops using Homeland Security grant
Summary
Plumas County supervisors approved moving Homeland Security grant funds to buy rugged in‑vehicle laptops ("Toughbooks") for deputies to file reports in the field, citing travel time savings and a new records management system.
The Plumas County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize a fixed‑asset budget transfer that lets the sheriff use 2022 Homeland Security grant funds to purchase rugged in‑vehicle laptops (often called "Toughbooks") for deputies.
Sheriff Todd Jones explained the change at the meeting: deputies sometimes must travel from Portola or Quincy to Chester and back to prepare incident reports; equipping patrol cars with laptops will allow reports to be completed in the field and integrate with a new records management system the department expects to begin using within weeks.
County staff said the transfer moves money from previously budgeted communications and repeater equipment lines into a service and supply account for computers; no general fund dollars are required. The board approved the transfer by roll call.
Ending
Sheriff Jones said the devices and the new records management system would be implemented by the end of the following month and that the change will reduce travel and improve field reporting.
