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Show UINTAH ' I t , Data shows need to keep sheriff's office staffed at current level By Katie Hansen With! the Duchesne County Sheriffs d partment can breath easy and focus on important issues, such public safety and protection. In the 2001 county budget, u Duchesne County Commissioners voted to fond three extra deputies, who were previously fonded by a Fast Cops grant The grant paid for 75 percent ofthe deputies salaries,! the county footing the bill for the remaining 25 percent Funding for the deputies was included in the 2001 budget tty commissioners became they ftlt the Sherifb deportment needed the deputies. While their budget was bumped up from $956,874 to $ 1 ,043,630, the Sheriffs department wasencouraged by Com- to hfarnAmifinalftmA. ;pi ing, including granta such as the Fast inn Cope grant During public budget hearings late last year, former Duchesne County Commissioner John Swasey argued funding requests for the sheriff department He stated that then wen already too many depu- - tiea with too little to do. Swasey felt that then was no need to budget for deputiee who, he said were not even needed. The Sheriffs department, however, has come up with enough hard data to indicate that then is likely to be continued growth in the county, which will contribute to a continued increase in the crime rata. The number ofcases and incidents logged has increased steadily in Duchesne County over the paateight yean. In 1991 then wen 606 cases drawn with 3,202 incidents. The mount of cases reached a high in 1999 at 1,150. Incidents logged in 1999 totaled 16,965. In 2000 cases but individual categories showed an iS5C3S3 mora criminal mischiefs, 23 more drug incidents, 354 more arrests in 20001 than in 1999. In 2000 then was an overall reduction hi the total crime index of three percent, an indication that crime as a whole, nationwide, went down. However broken down by cat- egories of dties,suburban areas and rural areas a different crime percent- age is indicated. Crime in rural areas, like Duchesne County, actually went up three percent nationwide. Not only did crime rise in rural Utah is a statistically high crime state. Utah ranks as the 7th highest total property crime state in the nation. Property crimeshave been obeervndbythaiberiffsdftyartoeqt to bd one of their biggest problems, and according to a recent report issued by the sheriffs office it is a problem that appears to be growing. The sheriffs department covers a large geographical area that is divided into three individual sections requiring; 24 hour attention. Deputies work 10 hour shifts providing two ten hour shifts or 20 hours of coverage during the day. Night ihift deputies are required to be on call for two hours before their shift. Dey shift deputies are required to be on call for twohoure before their shift. On call hours make up the last four hours of coverage needed fin 24 hour attention. The Ducheane County Sheriffs Department does not pay overtime to deputies Deputies receive co runtime ofTfor their overtime. s hours deputies are oncall before and after their shifts are uncompensated "on call time. Overtime is a problem with the Sheriffs department Deputies always acquire overtime and have to fail tinw off to avoid building up a large amount Currently deputies to handling enough calls per shift keep them folly occupied. have accrued a total of 664 hours of comp time over time hours- - owed. An averageof Therefore many crimes were not be-ing wived dueto lack of follow up. We have found that with the tives investigators we have had a much greater rate of cases that have been solved, said Sheriff Ralph Ppgs.il Tha detective division Stansfield. better enables the enforcement tne in a timely manner and provideswith victim. and citixen taxpaying and professional nuwe reapo . service. With the investigators the Sheriffs department has also seen an 3 -- dhypHiF antCorstr J tSland the overtime issue would get worse, due to mine work, and less deputies to do it, said Stansfield. ESS3 year months like February than in summer months. A fact that may be attributed to the constant visitation Join us in Celebrating of 'weekenders to Ducheane Countys National Forest and State Parka during the summer months. Thera an 13 deputies assigned patrol duties, two assigned to cover Investigations and one assignee a commander ofboth sections. Thera were not two investigators in the department until 1999, when it became apparent that deputies wen C II U.O. Aoftlo IsdlilC till fpnH ICpU Cattle and calves oo feed for ter market in the United States feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.70 million head on March 1. The inventory was up S percent from the 11.33 million head on March 1, 2000 and 12 percent above March 1,1999. Placements in feedlots duringFebruary totaled 1.58 Y , w. Dr. Hal Mitchell IMtoiraB Rectors Dey Genera Practice "ffl" March 30, 2001! Doctor's Day is set aside for Dr. Thomas J: Allred cattle during February totaled 1.75 15 percent below 2000 and Emergency Medicine . honoring outstanding contribution to Health Care. n Veterans invited to learn about benefits Detailed explanations of the fall range of benefits available to disabled veterans andtheir femiliea will be will be presented at an upcoming disabled American Veterans (DAY) Mobile Service Office visit. Like all services provided by the there willbe no charge KuptnAV, for this on-sicounseling a claim filing mutflnca, which w5l be hoatert "chapter No 10. It will be te So join us on March 30th in giving a special Dr. Mark Mitchell, Dr. John Notts Genera! Practice OBGYN THANK nrar presented at the Department of YOU Workforce Service, 1050 West Mar-area-s, Drive, Vernal, Utah from 10ajn. to 6 p.m.. on April 10. A highty trained National Service Officer from the DAYS Salt Lake .office will meet with you personally. "This veterans benefits expert offers you the beet counseling and claim filing assistance you and your family can get DAY National Adjutant Arthur H. Wilson said in a letter inviting local veterans and their families to visit the Mobile Service Office. ThatsimportantheBaid because, "so many disabled veterans feel confused about benefits and services theyve earned. 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