Posted on December 20, 2011
By Ray Nolting
Parsons Sun, December 20, 2011
OSWEGO — The Labette County Sheriff’s Department will provide roving and stationary security for the Great Plains Industrial Park, formerly the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant.
Starting Jan. 1, the sheriff’s department will have someone posted at the gate for 52 hours a week for 30 days. The Great Plains Development Authority can renew this contract on a month-to-month basis.
The sheriff also will provide roving patrols of the plant grounds by deputies, equaling about 28 hours a week. This contract will be for six months, but it could be renewed.
The Labette County Commission on Monday approved the contract for law enforcement services on a 3-0 vote.
The county will be paid $25,291.22 for the six months of patrol work and the 30 days of staffing the main gate, but this amount would change if the county has to continue staffing the gate.
The U.S. Army has not yet transferred remaining acreage at the former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant to the GPDA, but that transfer is tentatively set for next week.
Sheriff Robert Sims said he is considering deputizing retired law enforcement officers to man the gate on a part-time basis. Regular deputies would provide the roving patrols.