Pickens County moves to end county marshal's office, approves broad ordinance changes
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners approved repeal of the ordinance that established the county marshal's office and voted to adopt amendments across multiple code chapters to shift law-enforcement duties to the sheriff while assigning civilian code enforcement to county staff.
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The Pickens County Board of Commissioners voted to repeal the ordinance establishing the county marshal's office and approved a package of code amendments that remove references to the marshal across dozens of provisions, transferring law-enforcement functions to the Pickens County Sheriff's Office and retaining civilian code-enforcement duties within a county office.
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