WATERTOWN — Jefferson County jail inmates will soon have access to web-enabled tablets, made and maintained by the prison telecommunications company Global Tel Link.
CANTON â The St. Lawrence County and Jefferson County sheriffâs offices are participating in the annual honorary membership drive of the state Sheriffsâ Institute.
The Sheriffsâ Institute is a centralized training and program resource for all county sheriffâs offices and has operated The Sheriffsâ Camp at Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region for 45 years. More than 800 children from low-income families attend the summer camp each year, and the Sheriffsâ Institute covers the full cost of camp and transportation.
âIn these difficult economic times we cannot forget our youth who will not have the opportunity for a summer camp experience or a summer vacation,â St. Lawrence County Sheriff Brooks J. Bigwarfe and Jefferson County Sheriff Colleen M. OâNeill said in statements last week.
WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Board of Legislators passed the county’s police reform plan at a special session Tuesday, which marked the board’s first in-person meeting in about four months.