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Officials Say Town Lacks Designated Evidence Room, No Secure Vehicle Storage
Summary
Speakers at the Jan. 5 joint session said the town currently has no designated evidence room and lacks a secure place to store vehicles that become evidence; officials discussed working with county facilities and the solid waste/highway departments as possible options.
At the Jan. 5 meeting, town leaders raised an immediate operational gap: the town has no dedicated evidence room and no secure location to store vehicles that could be held as evidence.
The chair summarized needs relayed by the town marshal: "They need an evidence room, for sure, something that would be absolutely secure," and participants agreed that evidence integrity and secure vehicle storage are important. Commissioners and council members discussed options including using county space, interlocal agreements or underused county buildings; one commissioner noted unused space in the solid waste building might be worth exploring.
Speakers also mentioned vehicle-storage capacity varies and that the sheriff's department currently holds older files and some evidence storage for historical records. Officials directed staff to follow up and said they would explore whether existing county-owned facilities could be repurposed to meet evidence-chain and vehicle-storage needs.
