Rice County Jail Study Committee Recommends Building New Facility
No formal vote was taken but it appears the Rice County Board of Commissioners are nearing approval of constructing a new Law Enforcement/Jail facility outside of downtown Faribault. The price tag is around 50 million dollars.
All but one County Commissioner voiced their opinion it would be the best option going forward. No votes are taken at Committee of the Whole Work Sessions.
Sheriff Troy Dunn told Commissioners this was the 6th Jail Study he was aware of, Instead of putting another bandaid on this problem let s fix the ailment for good and move forward so we can work effectively, efficiently and with less liability. It is the belief of our facilities study that makes more sense and money better spent to build new to meet our needs now and for the future versus a remodel or addition to an already old and tired facility.
Multiple Police Depts. react to law enforcement task force report designed to âincrease training and accountabilityâ
How Task Force Recommendations Affect JPD By Logan Whaley | December 28, 2020 at 8:35 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 7:14 PM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas law enforcement task force recently submitted a report to Governor Asa Hutchinson. The report aims to increase accountability and training while also raising the pay to a more competitive level.
Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott and Assistant Chief Lynn Waterworth say the recommendations came as an encouragement to the department.
âIt was very refreshing,â Waterworth said. âThat those things that we were trying to do and that we felt were important, the task force felt was very important as well.â