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Tri-county agreement for SWAT, sheriff’s office debated Monday

The main proposals brought up to Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners and Cheyenne County Board of Equalization members Monday investigated to what degree the Cheyenne County Sheriff and SWAT forces should be allowed to assist other counties in the time of an emergency.

“We’re proposing an agreement that is already in place in counties north of us,” county attorney Paul Schaub said.

Proposed was a county sheriff interlocal agreement between Cheyenne County, Deuel County and Garden County.

Schaub used the example of a gunshot reported in the town of Lodgepole to explain the proposal...

 

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