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forcement duties as reasons given by Hawkins for leaving.
Buntin noted that new deputies were getting increasingly hard to find, adding that all personnel hired to fill full-time vacancies in the last year had been inexperienced in police work and therefore needed training—both on the job and in school.
"You ought to give serious consideration to county cars" during the preparation of the Sheriffs Department budget for the coming year. Buntin told the Supervisors. “That's our most critical freed...None (of the deputies)_seem to make ends meet on 15 cents a mile.” he said, referring to the mileage payments authorized by the county for use of private vehicles in law enforcement duties.
Buntin noted that he'd asked for an additional fulltime deputy each year since he'd been elected sheriff only to be turned down every time. "We still need it (the extra position)." he maintained. “We've been operating but that’s about all. We can't meet all the requests that come in. We can't meet all our obligations." "We're the only sheriffs department in the state without county cars," he continued. 'Tt seems to me
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