Sheriffâs deputy services quote sought
GOULDSBORO â Selectmen are seeking an estimated cost of contracting two full-time Hancock County Sheriffâs Office deputies. Their motive, they say, is to compare the quoted amount with how much the town currently spends to provide law enforcement protection and services. They stress no move is afoot to either reduce or restructure the current Gouldsboro Police Department.
At their regularly meeting April 29, selectmen voted 4-0 to direct Town Manager Andrea Sirois to request the Hancock County Sheriffâs Office to âgive us a quote for police service [totaling] two, 40-hour shiftsâ by deputies. In a follow-up telephone call April 30, Board of Selectman Chairman Dana Rice told The American that the quote was sought strictly to gauge law enforcement coverage costs elsewhere in Hancock County. Rice said it was not the first time Gouldsboro had requested such an estimate from the sheriffâs department.