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c h a lle n g e s fa c e d b y h is d e p a rtm e n t.
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p re -tria l in d iv id u a ls . H e is h o p in g th a t in th e fu tu re a n e w fa c ility c a n b e b u ilt to b e tte r s e rv e n e e d s . T h is w ill m o s t lik e ly c o m e
b e fo re th e v o te rs o f th e c o u n ty .
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a n d o n b o a rd in a c tiv e s e rv ic e . T h e re is n o t e n o u g h s ta ff to a d e q u a te ly c o v e r th e la rg e e x p a n s e o f J a c k s o n C o u n ty . H is c o n
c e rn is fo r th e ru ra l c o m m u n itie s s u c h a s o u rs a n d h e h a s in s titu te d a p ro g ra m o f o v e rtim e w h e re o ffic e rs c a n c h o o s e to w o rk
th e ir o v e rtim e in ru ra l c o m m u n itie s . A s a re s u lt, th e re is a la rg e r p a tro l fo rc e o n th e ro a d s .
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in g th e s iz e o f a c ity th a t c a n u s e p h o to e n fo rc e m e n t. H e in d ic a te d th a t th e ro a d s d e p a rtm e n t w o u ld b e re s p o n s ib le fo r in
s ta llin g s p e e d b u m p s , e tc .
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w o u ld a le rt th e d e p a rtm e n t to is s u e s in th e to w n a n d w o u ld ju s tify a n in c re a s e in p a tro ls .
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in g o rd in a n c e fo r th e to w n . T h e firs t d ra ft o f th e o rd in a n c e w a s c re a te d in re s p o n s e to c o n c e rn e d c itiz e n s w h o w e re tro u b le d
b y th e s m e ll o f m a riju a n a g ro w s . T h e o rig in a l in te n t w a s a c o m p ro m is e to p ro te c t th e rig h ts o f g ro w e rs b u t h o u s in g g ro w s in a
b u ild in g s u c h a s a g re e n h o u s e to c o n ta in s m e lls . H o w e v e r, a s th e d ra ftin g h a s e v o lv e d , th e re is a d iffe re n c e o f o p in io n a m o n g
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m e rc ia l g ro w (th e re a re n o c u rre n t p la n s fo r a c o m m e rc ia l g ro w th e re ) a n d w a n t to b a n c o m m e rc ia l g ro w s in th e to w n lim its .
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W e a re h e re to re p re s e n t y o u a n d n e e d to u n d e rs ta n d y o u r p o s itio n . T h e n e x t w o rk g ro u p m e e tin g is te n ta tiv e ly s e t fo r S e p t 5
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