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Sheriff: 24-hour road patrol to start mid‑April; marine deputies being recruited
Summary
Sheriff Blankenship told the Sherwood Township Board on March 4 that 24‑hour road patrol will begin in mid‑April and the department is hiring marine deputies for weekends and holidays; he offered to provide quarterly reports to the board.
Sheriff Blankenship told the Sherwood Township Board March 4 that the sheriff’s office will begin 24‑hour road patrol in mid‑April and is recruiting marine deputies to staff weekend and holiday shifts. He offered to provide the board with quarterly reports about operations and staffing.
The announcement came during the meeting’s new-business reports. The sheriff encouraged residents to apply for open deputy positions through the sheriff’s office website. No formal board action was required on the staffing or patrol schedule at the meeting.
Board members accepted the report with no additional motion recorded. The sheriff’s update was presented alongside routine financial and departmental reports, including a month of low activity reported by the fire department.
