Two Allen County Sheriff s Department deputies will continue to work as community resource officers in rural communities after the Allen County commissioners approved the contracts Friday.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said in February that distribution of the state’s $507 million share of the $26 billion national opioid settlement would begin sometime between April and June.
Allen County’s lack of a long-term plan for alleviating crowding and other problems at the county jail didn’t sit well with U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty.
Every Indiana city, town and county will participate in a $507 million settlement designed to help Hoosiers struggling with the effects of the opioid epidemic, a state official said Wednesday.