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Lavaca County approves Operation Lone Star grant filing and $55,000 handheld backscatter purchase
Summary
Commissioners approved filing for Operation Lone Star grant funds and authorized a $55,000 sole‑source purchase of a handheld backscatter x‑ray device from Viking Detection, to be paid with Operation Lone Star funds and include manufacturer training.
County commissioners on March 10 voted to authorize the Lavaca County Sheriff's Office to apply for state Operation Lone Star grant funds and approved a related $55,000 purchase of a handheld backscatter x‑ray device from Viking Detection.
The action came after Lavaca County Sheriff (unnamed in the record) and Captain Josh Lasallek, captain of operations for the Lavaca County Sheriff's Office, described how the device would be deployed. Captain Lasallek said the equipment is a handheld backscatter machine that "allows officers to take the device, hold it up to parts of the vehicle" and that it can show images of organic materials such as concealed…
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