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Blackford County Council approves protective vests for probation officers
Summary
A probation department representative asked the county to buy protective vests for officers; the council authorized using leftover security funds and approved the purchase by unanimous vote.
The Blackford County Council on April 8 unanimously approved using leftover security funds to buy protective vests for probation officers after a probation representative said officers need equipment for safer field contacts.
The request was made during public presentations when a probation department representative told the council the officers "typically are accompanied by law enforcement officers" but that probation officers are often the first to make contact and "at minimum, we would like them to have a protective vest." The representative asked the council to use leftover security funding that had been placed in an "acute gap fund" to cover the purchase when the order arrives.
Commissioner Jim Weisman moved to approve the request and the motion was seconded; the council recorded approval on a voice/roll-call vote. The clerk read members' responses in the affirmative and the chair confirmed the motion passed by a unanimous vote.
The council did not specify the exact dollar amount to be drawn at the meeting; the presenter said the county had previously used converted security funds for similar purchases and that a larger balance remained from prior projects.
