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Chautauqua County Sheriff seeks regional agreements for explosive-detection canine program
Summary
The Chautauqua County Sheriff presented a resolution to authorize regional partnership agreements with neighboring agencies for an explosive-detection canine grant; the committee approved the resolution and confirmed the county will act as fiduciary with no funds flowing to partner agencies.
Chautauqua County Sheriff Jim Buckner asked the Public Safety Committee to authorize regional partnership agreements with neighboring municipalities and agencies for the county's explosive-detection canine program, and the committee approved the resolution by voice vote.
Buckner said the resolution implements a grant the sheriff's office received to support the explosive-detection canine program and that the county partners with Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Lakewood Buscay Police Department and the Jamestown Police Department. "We are the fiduciary agent for this grant but there's no money that transfers back to these other police agencies," Buckner said, describing the agreements as operational partnerships rather than grant disbursements.
The agreements establish mutual support for calls and shared deployments; Buckner specifically noted the teams sometimes assist at Buffalo Bills games and other large events.
The committee recorded the item as authorized; there was no named roll-call vote in the transcript.
The resolution does not move grant funds from the county to partner agencies; it formally enables cooperative deployments and designates the county as the grant's fiduciary agent.
