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Buntin added that his department was not gouging for mileage; According to Buntin’s figures, taken from the formerly submitted mileage reports, the sheriff’s department, with five men and an increased work load, drove 15,000 miles less than the former sheriff’s department with three and a half deputies, in policing the county.

In addition, Buntin said that he and his men had written 107 tickets for residents without county tags, compared to 45 written the year before under his predecessor.

“You have taken the attitude that withholding the December check was my fault,” Davis told Buntin. “I take full responsibility.” Davis claimed that mileage charges submitted for Buntin’s patrol car while Buntin was on vacation in Florida for nine days “brought up in my mind that the report should be examined more carefully.” He added that he also had other reasons for wanting to examine the figures.

Luke noted that the mileage charges for Buntin’s automobile had already been explained by one of the deputies, who used the car

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