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NEW Rappahannock County sheriff William Buntin told the Board of Supervisors at their February meeting that he’ll need an' other full-time deputy if his department is to be expected to keep up with the crime rate in the county.
“I know Mr. (John Walker) Jenkins got a lot of criticism for not answering calls,” said the new Sheriff, speaking of the predecessor in his office, “but I can very readily see why, if January is an example of what is expected.”
Buntin, a retired State Trooper, indicated he was surprised by the amount of business which falls to the Sheriff’s office. In January, for example, the sheriff, two-full time deputies and one part-time deputy were called upon to:
Serve 88 papers, ‘‘civil and criminal, all kinds of paper, and that takes time”; contact 16 people to make up one full jury and summon seven people for service on a Grand Jury; serve papers for another jury which was “called off” before the trial; investigate “14 or 15 reported break-ins and larcenies or complaints, an average of one every other day—for a minimum figure of $8,000 worth of property stolen.”
Said Buntin: “With one deputy in school, you can see that with that type of load it’s impossible for me to make a proper investigation of the cases called in... We’re behind right now.”
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