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cuss the plan. He can be reached at the District Planning Office in Culpeper.
JOHN JONES, criminal planner for Planning District Nine, told the Supervisors that Rappahannock is one of four counties in Virginia without its own radio system. Rappahannock relies on the Virginia State Police for dispatching now. Jones said the District Planning Commission can help the county obtain a radio dispatching system, worth approximately $5,100, for $250. Federal and state funds will pay the rest.
Sheriff John Walker Jenkins said he wanted the Supervisors to know “this isn’t something I asked for.’’ Jenkins said he’d like to talk to Jones about the radio system before the Supervisors voted on it. “It would be nice, but the state police system works perfectly well,” Jenkins said.
Supervisor H.B. Wood didn’t favor buying the radio system. “You pay state and federal taxes, so its’ not free.” John Jones quickly said “I just came to present this. To make you aware of it.” Several of the Supervisors wondered if they needed to worry about the state police refusing to handle the dispatching for Rappahannock.
“IF I* WERE Colonel Burgess (head of the state police) and the
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