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Court discusses donated Israel trip for sheriff’s office staff; no county action taken
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a donated trip to Israel for sheriff’s office personnel, raised liability and benefit concerns and heard staff describe the trip as voluntary and on vacation time; the court took no action.
Commissioners discussed a donor-funded trip to Israel offered to Collin County sheriff’s office personnel and received legal and administrative clarifications but took no official action.
Deputy attorney Russell Schauffner told the court the trip was donated through a third-party organization and that staff participating intend to take vacation time; staff’s position was that the trip “is outside of the scope and duties of the sheriff’s office personnel that will be going to Israel,” he said. Schauffner added staff were coordinating with the National Sheriffs’ Association to…
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