Sheriff’s Foundation provides funding for improvements and equipment purchases

The generosity of the area citizens who continuously support and donate funds to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Foundation has allowed for new improvement projects to enhance the service and capabilities of the law enforcement.

At its last Board of Directors meeting, approval was given for the Baxter County Sheriff’s Foundation to appropriate $100,000 for various office projects and aquisition of equipment.

Those projects include, renovation to the front lobby area of the Sheriff’s Administration Offices to provde better service to the public; new lighting has been purchased and installed at the Sheriff’s Office firing range on Baxter County Road 69, which will provide additional training opportunities for deputies, and a new automated moving target system was also purchased and installed at the firing range, as well.

More improvements include specialized crime scene mapping software for the criminal investigation division, a new treadmill was purchased and added to the downstairs gym for the use by deputies, and appropriations were made to purchase and the training of two new drug sniffing and tracking canines, which also includes the construction of a new dog kennel facility to house the two dogs.

Equipment was purchased that is needed to transform normal patrol vehicles into canine vehicles and there was a purchase of an unmanned flying vehicle or drone, to be used for law enforcement investigative purposes and searches of lost or missing persons, along with paying for the associated licensing and training for drone operators.

The Baxter County Sheriff’s Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 domestic non-profit organization in good standing with the Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office and the IRS. It is governed by an unpaid volunteer nine member Board of Directors, and its mission and purpose is to provide support to the Sheriff’s Office and its employees.

Additional information about the Sheriff’s Foundation can be found on its website: www.baxtercountysherifffoundation.org

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