COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — City Council members voted Tuesday to create a committee to explore the idea of developing a Hayden city police department rather than continuing to pay the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office for police coverage.
The decision Tuesday was a condition of approving a five-year plan for law enforcement that included possible price increases and future levies.
The council members accepted the plan, but initiated steps toward independence from the sheriff’s office.
“I’ve been made aware of some numbers increasing — what I consider extremely high — increases,” Councilman Ed DePriest said. “It’s pretty obvious to me, that in my opinion, it’s not going to be that long before we are paying for sheriff’s service what we could have our own police department for.”
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