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| News - Linn County News | |||
| Written by Charlene Sims | |||
| Wednesday, 16 September 2009 08:00 | |||
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MOUND CITY — Charges that the Linn County Sheriff’s Department was dropping the ball on a longtime anti-crime program and countercharges that the program is ineffective were aired last week before the Linn County Commission. Harvey Taylor, a former sheriff’s deputy and Night Out Against Crime organizer, asked commissioners at their Sept. 8 meeting if they planned to continue to support the program. He said he had received calls from several watch groups wanting to know if the program was still going to happen this fall. Taylor said he referred them to the Sheriff’s Department, where they were told the agency was not going to sponsor events around the county this year. He told commissioners that Kansas City Power & Light Co. indicated that it was willing to provide some funding for the programs. He then asked the commissioners if they would be willing to provide $2,000 so the 12 groups could continue the program. The commission voted to provide the funding. Later in the meeting, Sheriff Barry Walker said he thought he had been blindsided by Taylor about support for the meetings. The sheriff said formal Night Out Against Crime meetings have been ineffective. “Whenever you give free food and prizes, you will get people there,” Walker said, “but that doesn’t mean they are there for the purpose intended.” Walker said he would be happy to meet with any group of citizens, but without free food and prizes being offered.
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