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Show tv'i ! ;f. e.-e-a- i ! ! jj 1 !! .0 i 'v:.' ) , , - .. i Serpc.mt Allen l'.ilmer, Mayor Winford Buncc and members mem-bers of the I..uv hnforecnient Planning Aceney, Jonathan Jones and Brent Frost disuiss the possibilities of a mercer mer-cer of the Comity Sheriff's Department with the City Police Po-lice Department under the direction of the Sheriff. Possible iiwi Merger Discussed S-fere Mcmlny Two members of the Lav Enforcement rianning Agency, Ag-ency, Brent Frost and Jonathan Jon-athan Joins, met with City and County officials Monday to, discuss tiie possible merger mer-ger of the City and Coun y police forcis under the direction dir-ection of the County. Members of this planning agency told local uffie'als tint the basis for this type of law i nforc mont was legally leg-ally sound and that .such a program was under way in the community of Co,n!vi!!' Summit County, at this tim Tlie two men also said that Los Angeles County in California Cal-ifornia also had one of these programs in operation ar.d that such a program wr-s saving the cities a substantial substan-tial amount cf money in mo.-t case's. Although this arei cannot compare with L:s Argc h s. the men stated, it is some basis for consid'. r-ation. r-ation. One rri.ij.ir difference i.n law er.fereement in California Califor-nia ar.d law enforcen nt i.i Mo:ib is that the California men are rated on a Civil Service Ser-vice basis. A Sicondary d f fercrcc is in the size of the ceun'.y providing the service w.th the Cal. forma coun'y many tin s larger th ;n Grand, i vi n thou th some of the, citii s in (pji stii.n are ;.!.eijt the same si.-.c as M e t). Te.e state uncials felt th?t it was a matter of the cry ar.d cuen'.y s.ttir.,; dean a :J drawing up a l.s: of :;) ser-ieea ser-ieea th.'.t the tit war.'. 'J anj ceia.iig to an a ;r. 1 men; with the Sheriff that he vvou'J priA.d - ti-.. -e .-erv.ces for a ce. t ,.a f, e. Wi-.-th. r this c-ritn. '. WitilJ be bird. a.; .'. ar. eh r siv r.ff was eieet. J. v, ,.s ii..'. known. - One nation br-.i-h; n 5 i red time daring the nv.v'ir.g va.s th training re-t;irid re-t;irid r.t ail law enf tc--ment otficers in the Sta'e. .''! officers rr" r.-.iir d 'a hine e or two hievlriJ hours f training to qual.fy f, r tt.eir p- Sit:on. . ei pt (er :' (' ;m y Sher.ff who is cl-x".-el e.r.l tin re' re h.is no requirements re-quirements in training. Tii1" pri sent Salary of th Sher.ff in Grand County is .about $7,.) and the poi. b.ii'.y of ra.sir.g rti.s to caie.ege protictaii of tiie city wps dtseii'Sid. Tlie t 1 men cf the pl.uir.im; agency dal ne know if it was pes s b'e fer the ci y to pay I n S'leiait fer hs yen aces 1 eaeoaraee qaai.fi. d men 'o iun for the oft.ee by In-creis.ng In-creis.ng tlie salary. Ano: hi r meeting between !':ee same officials, uitn the addition of the Sherf to decide if his particu'ar proposal had rmrit. was he'd Monday evening. |