By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Juab County Sheriff, David Carter, was given permission
to begin searching for two vehicles to replace two-high
mileage vehicles now in use.
The one restriction set by Juab County Commissioners
is that Carter must stay within budget.
Money for the vehicles will come from several sources.
Some money comes from the drug enforcement, the alcohol
enforcement, the civil defense budget, and money paid by the
BLM for law enforcement services.
"We haven't been rolling over our vehicles, because of
lack of funds" said Carter. "Now we have ourselves in a
mess. We have too many vehicles with high mileage."
However, Carter said he had obtained some grant money
and had obtained some "shift" money from the state and from
the federal government because of the high influx of
visitors at the Little Sahara Sand Dunes each year.
"Basically, the state gives us some DUI shift money,"
said Carter.
In addition, because his office has done without some
other equipment they had planned to purchase, they have been
able to save enough to help with the purchase of the new
vehicles.
"We have worked to save that money and have done
without other equipment we needed because we needed the
vehicles worse," said Carter. "It is important to have
better vehicles because when the vehicles get so many miles
on them they are no longer reliable and are not safe for
officers or for the public."
He said his office has eight regular patrol vehicles
and, in all, has 10 in use&emdash;one for the civil defense.
Those vehicles should really be traded in, two each year and
three on the third year, in order to keep them all at their
peak performance.
Three of the vehicles now in use have also been
involved in car/deer accidents. The damage on each is under
the $1,000 deductible but the vehicles need to be repaired
to be in the best condition prior to trade-off.
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