But it is very serious. And there they are looking at the layoff of 16 of the 43 employees in the Curry County Sheriff's Office. And the sheriff would just then only be able to supervise the jail. There would no longer be a rural law enforcement, which obviously jeopardizes the traveling public and, again, raises the potential, as the gentleman from southern Oregon who represents also eastern Oregon pointed out, of a vacuum into which some of these gangs that are highly organized in this country, some of which have come across the border from Mexico could infiltrate for methamphetamine production or even growing marijuana.
Darlene Hooley: “But it is very serious. And there they are looking at the layoff of 16 of the 43 employees in the Curry County Sheriff's…”
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Discussing the impact of layoffs in the Curry County Sheriff's Office on rural law enforcement.
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