Emergency management now under TCSO control

Posted on July 11, 2018

Under the terms of an inter-local agreement approved by county commissioners at their July 2 meeting, Taylor County Sheriff Wayne Padgett has officially assumed responsibility for managing the county’s Division of Emergency Management.

According to the agreement, which took effect July 1, “the county desires to transfer, and the sheriff agrees to accept, the job, duties, functions and equipment of the Taylor County Division of Emergency Management.”

PHOTO: Sheriff Wayne Padgett (right) welcomed Kristy Anderson to his department where she will serve as deputy director of emergency management.

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