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Sheriff seeks $145,568 shift to buy three canines, $75,000 match for school safety grant
Summary
The sheriff asked the council to reallocate $145,568 from a share-sale account for three canines and requested $75,000 as a local match for a COPS grant to support school preparedness and a mobile cellular tower for emergency communications.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office asked the council to reallocate $145,568 from a share-sale program for two objectives: purchase three canines (one replacement and two additional) and provide a $75,000 local match to support a COPS Safe Schools grant.
Sheriff’s Office staff said the purchases would expand the department’s canine units to 12. The request also includes funds to buy a mobile cellular tower the county could deploy at large incidents when commercial cellular service is overwhelmed, which staff said has been an issue in other jurisdictions during mass incidents.
During questions, a commissioner asked how ongoing canine costs (medical care and other recurring expenses) would be funded; the sheriff’s presenter said those costs would be paid from commissary funds rather than the general fund. Commissioners also asked about how many schools are linked to the county’s real-time crime center; the presenter said all but two public school systems in the county are currently connected, and the county is offering access to charter and private schools as well.
The sheriff’s presenter said the mobile tower would be limited for public-safety use and could be made available to county emergency management. No formal vote on the reallocation or the match was recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
