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Lavaca County creates countywide law-enforcement committee and mutual-aid framework
Summary
Commissioners approved formation of a five-member Lavaca County Law Enforcement Committee and ratified a mutual-aid agreement intended to coordinate police and sheriff responses across municipal boundaries; county police chiefs described recent cooperation as the rationale for the change.
Lavaca County commissioners on Feb. 10 voted to form a Lavaca County Law Enforcement Committee and approve a mutual-aid agreement to formalize interagency support among the sheriff and the county’s four municipal police departments.
The committee will include the Lavaca County sheriff and the chiefs of Moulton, Shiner, Hallettsville and Yoakum; commissioners voted unanimously to ratify the agreement after chiefs and the sheriff addressed the court about recent cooperative responses and shared resources.
The new committee is modeled on the county’s fire-association structure and is designed to…
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