The Morrison City Board unanimously accredited Tuesday evening an settlement with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Workplace that requires the sheriff’s workplace to offer legislation enforcement duties within the city.
The sheriff’s workplace will now assume duties together with routine patrols, site visitors enforcement and legal investigations, based on the settlement. “The Events (JCSO and Morrison) perceive and agree that the style by which the sheriff’s workplace offers and prioritizes these providers in relation to … different legislation enforcement tasks all through unincorporated Jefferson County will likely be on the sheriff’s workplace’s sole discretion.”
The sheriff’s workplace plans to have an around-the clock presence in Morrison and the city pays the JCSO $24,000 month-to-month, per the settlement. Both celebration could terminate the settlement with a written 30-day discover.