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Sheriff reports rising enforcement activity, bomb-squad partnership and strain from youth homes
Summary
Sheriff Ken Carpenter told the commission that drug and SWAT activity is up, the county joined a regional bomb squad partnership, and officers are spending significant time responding to youth homes — costing about $26,085 and 347.8 deputy hours year-to-date.
Sheriff Ken Carpenter briefed the Iron County Commission on law-enforcement activity on Monday, citing increased task-force arrests, weapons seizures and expanded regional partnerships, and he warned about operational strain from youth homes in the county.
"In one case alone last month, they seized 57 firearms along with drugs," Carpenter said, describing results from drug task-force operations and Metro SWAT callouts.
Carpenter said the county has joined the Washington County task-force bomb squad to make wider use of explosive-detection…
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