By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Mona has more car thefts than any other community in Juab
County but juvenile crime is down.
One other issue needed to be addressed by council
members as far as law enforcement is concerned. The council
needs to plan a few streets for easy egress and ingress to
the land around the community where four-wheel recreation
vehicles can be ridden.
"We have a bigger problem with car theft in Mona than
anywhere in the county," said Juab County Sheriff David
Carter.
"For several years, Mona had juvenile problems that
were worse than anywhere else in Juab County. "It's not that
way anymore."
He said the problems juveniles caused were far less
than they had been. However, the problems with juveniles had
also climbed in some other parts of the county so that all
were fairly equal in juvenile-caused illegal incidents.
"This has always been a neighborly community and
people have trusted one another so they have become
careless," said Carter. "People need to remember to take the
car keys out of the ignition and lock the car doors before
they go into their homes."
As for juveniles, said Carter, those who notice
someone doing something they should not be doing should
contact the sheriff's office and report the activity.
"You might think, as a council, about planning some
roads where young people can ride their four-wheel vehicles
along the edge of the street," said Carter.
Designating certain streets to move four-wheelers out
of town would help safety.
Greg Gurney, deputy, lives in Mona and has been a big
help to the community, agreed council members.
"We have certainly appreciated his service and his
concern," said Darlene Fowkes, council member.
Carter said his activity report from Oct. 1999 to Dec.
1999 indicated that there were 625 law enforcement hours
relating to incidents which occurred in the community which
needed to be handled by the county sheriff's deputies.
Carter also reminded the council that the town has an
agreement to pay the county sheriff's office $1,800 annually
to provide law enforcement. The town doesn't have it's own
police department.
"There is no need for me to bill you, the treasurer
just remits the payment," said Carter. "That is also part of
the contract."
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