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Freestone County tables proposed interlocal policing agreement with Oakwood after legal, liability concerns
Summary
Freestone County commissioners delayed action on a proposed interlocal agreement that would let Oakwood officers patrol defined county roads and handle some Class C citations, amid questions about venue, liability and the sheriff's support.
Freestone County commissioners on an unspecified meeting date agreed to table consideration of a proposed interlocal policing agreement with the municipality of Oakwood after commissioners and staff raised legal and liability questions and said the county sheriff was not supportive.
County staff told the court the draft agreement'which they discussed with Charlie Johnson, attorney for Oakwood'would define a patrol perimeter north of Oakwood and along Highway 79 up to the Trinity River. A staff member said, "I don't think there's a way with the Code of Criminal Procedure to ... have even those Class C'[offenses] that…
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