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Thurston County sheriff: $50,000 state grant will fund weekend DUI overtime patrols
Summary
Sheriff Sanders told the Thurston County Board of County Commissioners that the county received $50,000 from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to pay for overtime DUI enforcement shifts running through the fall; the funding covers time-and-a-half overtime and will staff DUI-certified deputies on weekend emphasis patrols.
Thurston County Sheriff Sanders told the Board of County Commissioners during the board's May 20 agenda-setting work session that the Thurston County Sheriff's Office received $50,000 from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to fund overtime DUI enforcement shifts through the fall.
The grant is listed as item 8 on the consent agenda for the board's May 20 afternoon meeting. "We actually applied for a grant that would give us a full FTE to do DUI enforcement ... we ended up getting the grant. ... they did follow-up and offer us $50,000 in funding for overtime to do…
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