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(Continued from Page 1) from the Attorney General’s office on his inquiry of last April on the scope of a sheriff’s department’s jurisdiction. The letter stated that a ruling from the Attorney General issued in April, 1977, was still in effect and that the ruling held a sheriffs department had the power and duty to enforce Commonwealth motor vehicle laws. According to Luke, Compensation Board officials have stated that mileage reimbursements to the county would be authorized provided the reports were filled out correctly and approved by the Board.

“I’ve never said... that the Sheriff and his deputies do not have the power to make arrests for motor vehicle violations,” Davis countered. He maintained his position was that certain practices engaged in by the Sheriffs Department were not reimbursable under state law.

“I’ve yet to receive a call or be told by a business that they don’t want to be checked on,” said Luke. He added that several business men in his district had been informed by Davis that the Sheriff’s Department would no longer be policing their

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