To facilitate law enforcement throughout the county, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris cross-deputizes police officers from other jurisdictions and swears in some special deputies who don’t have backgrounds in law enforcement.
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris played to a full house Wednesday night, when more than 120 people gathered in the county administration building for a “legislative town hall” meeting with Norris and representatives from U.S. Border Patrol.