MORGAN COUNTY DEPUTIES REPAIR OWN PATROL CARS

In Morgan County a deputy might be found serving warrants, patrolling roads or changing the oil in their patrol car. Yes the deputies are pulling double duty actually making repairs and performing maintenance on their own deputy cruisers.  It’s an effort on the part of the Sheriff to save money, enough money to buy new patrol cars apparently.  Sheriff Freytag and his crew do all their own maintenance work on their cruisers; even rebuilding engines and changing out transmissions.  the Morgan County Commission recently budgeted for new patrol cars for the first time in six years. Sheriff Freytag hopes the new vehicles will give his deputies a break from having to also serve as their own mechanics, if only for a little while.