The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department is getting 40 portable radios. The radios will be used by deputies at a cost of $27,000, but none of that money is taxpayer money. The radios will be paid for out of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Drug Fund.
Sheriff Steve Graves said he wants to make sure each deputy is equipped with a portable radio.
The radios the sheriff’s department is planning on purchasing are similar to the older ones, but they are more up-to-date with today’s technology than the radios currently used.
Most of the money in the drug fund comes from drug-related cases that officers deal with throughout the year, including Bonnaroo.
Sheriff’s Department getting New Portable Radios
