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Limestone County accepts LEPP grant to buy additional tasers for sheriff's office
Summary
The Fiscal Court approved Resolution 2026-07 to accept a LEPP grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security totaling about $68,000 to purchase additional tasers, with each unit budgeted for two cartridges and a battery; the grant was presented as funding for new hires.
The Limestone County Fiscal Court on April 2, 2026, approved Resolution 2026-07 to accept a LEPP grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to purchase additional tasers for the Sheriff's Office.
The presiding speaker described the grant as "like 68,000," saying the funds would pay for each taser plus "two cartridges and a battery for each." The speaker added the grant was written to equip new hires, noting three recent additions referenced in the discussion (two new deputies and one school resource officer) and that some previously issued tasers were five years old.
Magistrate Sitton moved to accept the resolution; Magistrate Feller seconded. A question from the body noted a recent taser purchase; the court clarified that the new grant would supplement existing equipment to cover the additional staff. The motion carried by voice vote.
Resolution details in the public remarks did not include an exact itemized purchase list or vendor name. The transcript indicates the grant will fund additional tasers and consumables (two cartridges and a battery per unit) for the Sheriff's Office, but it does not specify the total number of tasers to be purchased.
What happens next: acceptance of the grant authorizes the county to receive LEPP funds and proceed with procurement in line with county purchasing rules; contract or purchase specifics were not read into the record.
