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Sheriff to buy drug incinerator after grant denial; flags body-camera and taser replacements
Summary
The sheriff reported a denied Norfolk Southern Railroad Grant and said the office will buy a mobile drug incinerator with local funds and seek partnerships for take-back events; he also warned that recent body-camera and taser models are becoming obsolete and recommended future budgeting.
Speaker 1 said the sheriff's Norfolk Southern Railroad Grant application was denied and that the office will proceed to purchase a mobile drug incinerator with available local funds. He said the county is collecting hundreds of pounds of medication in evidence storage annually and that a mobile incinerator would allow on-site disposal; the health department has indicated interest in partnering for take-back events.
"I got my denial email 2, 3 weeks back... I do plan on moving forward with some funds over there at the sheriff's office to go ahead and purchase that," Speaker 1 said, noting the option to partner with nearby counties or the health department to run a take-back day to reduce stored evidence and liability.
Speaker 1 also raised concerns that recently purchased body cameras and tasers have models that are being discontinued. He referenced vendors WatchGuard and Axon and said Axon bundles body cameras, tasers and in-car video as an expensive package but suggested multi-year subscription pricing and budgeting options to spread costs.
Council members discussed possible county or inter-county partnerships to support take-back events and accepted the sheriff's report; no formal motion specific to the incinerator purchase was recorded in the transcript during the meeting.
