Public no longer will be able to walk into the sheriff’s department
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News The Cumberland Times-News Wed Jul 20, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT
OAKLAND — Improvements to the Garrett County Courthouse, including a remodeled 911 center, are bringing changes to security as well.
Starting next month, the public won’t be able to just walk into the sheriff’s department. They’ll have to be buzzed in.
“The reason we have to do that, the 911 center needs to be a very secure facility,” Sheriff Rob Corley told Garrett County commissioners on Tuesday, adding that the new arrangement will take a “little getting used to.” Staff moved into the remodeled space two weeks ago, he said.
“It takes away a little bit of the face-to-face, hands-on communication,” Corley said. “It’s going to make the courthouse a little safer.”
Also during their regular meeting Tuesday, commissioners:
• Approved a $24,950 bid from Environmental Resources Management of Annapolis to complete a Garrett County Land Preservation Parks and Recreation Plan.
• Approved a bid of $243,434.47 from BYCO Enterprises Inc. of Grantsville for Hopeland Village road and utility improvements.
• Approved a bid of $15,481 from Howard Uniform Co. of Baltimore to provide new uniforms for the Garrett County Sheriff’s Department and Detention Center.
• Congratulated Commissioner Jim Raley for being named to the Governor’s Marcellus Shale Committee. Raley is one of five Garrett County residents appointed to the committee.
The others are Sen. George Edwards, Oakland Mayor Peggy Jamison, Shawn Bender, president of the Garrett County Farm Bureau, and Paul Roberts, co-owner of Deep Creek Cellars winery.
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