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Sheriff Rogers updates commissioners on EOC timeline, radio upgrade and jail treatment program
Summary
Sheriff Rogers reported a successful search-and-rescue, said the Emergency Operations Center could be occupied before the courthouse if site infrastructure (parking, fiber, sewer, water, electrical) is complete, and outlined a radio system upgrade (grant $963,000; total cost a little over $1,000,000) plus a jail MOUD program using Sublocade with grant renewal.
Sheriff Rogers briefed the Benton County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 16 with a range of public-safety updates: a successful search-and-rescue, construction and occupancy conditions for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), progress on a county radio-system upgrade and details on a jail-based medication-assisted treatment program.
On search-and-rescue Rogers said volunteers from Benton and Lincoln County coordinated and located a 76-year-old mushroom picker safe and unharmed near the county line after the person became lost in thick underbrush.
On emergency management the sheriff said the new EOC is expected to open in about 12 months but that occupancy…
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