Russell County Sheriff Derek Polston presented the fiscal court with three checks totaling more than $932,000 during the court’s regular monthly meeting Monday morning.
The first check, for $270,000, reimburses the county for covering sheriff’s department operational costs during the first few months of the fiscal year. That reimbursement occurs annually once property tax collections begin in October.
A second check, for $662,097.29, represents the county’s share of October property tax collections. The third check was for $632.03 in fire tax collections.
Polston reported that his office collected a total of $10,311,241.19 in county property taxes during October.
The sheriff also presented the department’s monthly activity report. Deputies handled 500 calls for service, a total that does not include telephone calls or walk-ins to the sheriff’s office.
Deputies made 32 arrests and investigated 25 traffic accidents. They also handled 13 domestic disputes, 35 suspicious person calls, five shots fired calls and 13 welfare checks.
Other activity included 50 requests for a deputy, 13 animal complaints, eleven alarm responses, nine motorist assists and five juvenile complaints.
The department conducted 8 mental health transports, 158 prisoner transports and 140 vehicle inspections. 16 concealed carry deadly weapon permits were issued, and court security transport mileage totaled 4,731 miles.