Committee recommends caution on county-issued sidearms; sheriff backs long-gun availability
Committee members advised caution about buying sidearms for departments and suggested the commissioner's court set countywide policy; the Sheriff supported issuing long guns and suggested expanding long-gun availability funded via incoming incentive and seized-asset funds.
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The committee discussed multiple law-enforcement equipment requests and whether the county should purchase sidearms for individual departments or instead adopt a uniform-allowance approach.
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