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Sweetwater County accepts $175,000 opioid settlement grant for detention center scanner

Sweetwater County Board of County Commissioners · December 17, 2025
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Summary

County accepted a $175,000 grant from WASCOP to buy a full-body scanner for the detention center and support overdose-prevention efforts; no local match required, contract expires Jan. 1, 2027.

The board approved a $175,000 opioid-settlement grant from the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police (WASCOP) to purchase a full‑body scanner for the Sweetwater County Detention Center and support jail-based overdose-prevention programming.

Grants manager Christina Marshall said the award originates from Wyoming's share of the national opioid settlement. The funds require no county cash match and must be spent by Jan. 1, 2027. The scanner is intended to identify concealed drugs during intake and to support the county's partnership with Southwest Counseling for jail‑based treatment services.

Marshall said the county's allocation represents 7.64% of the state's local-government distribution and 4.97% of the state's overall allocation. Commissioners approved the grant contract and authorized the chairman to sign.

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