Two 3-inch binders make up the Floyd County Emergency Management plans and procedures, and are kept up-to-date by Sheriff Paul Raissez (Ryan Crowe/FCR)
FLOYDADA – Floyd County Sheriff Paul Raissez is busy. When he’s not running Floyd County’s largest law enforcement agency the Sheriff is updating paperwork for the county – to the tune of two giant binders full of emergency preparedness paperwork.
Raissez gave an update to Floyd County Commissioners during their monthly hearing Monday, bringing the two folders up to the courtroom bar to show just how much goes into it. When asked if it can become taxing, Raissez was honest “It does at times,” he said before adding that if something is ever out of order or missing, the South Plains Association of Governments are there to notice.
Raissez told commissioners the current plan in place is in constant update, and will be next renewed in December.
The sheriff also update commissioners on February’s grant request to the Office of the Governor for just under $45,000 to replace the county’s dispatcher console. Sheriff Raissez said not only was the grant request approved, the county was at the top of the list of approved requests, something that had never happened for Floyd County. He added the console – which he compared to a computer upgrade – would be installed soon.
The Sheriff’s office did also get approved for a new piece of equipment, or rather two pieces. Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase two ‘NOPTIC’ infrared and night vision spotlights for patrol units. The $3,500 units work with laptops already inside the SUVs and can be moved to new units when or if the need arises. “Can we use our ARPA (stimulus) money for this?” Commissioner Clint Bigham asked the court. “Yes,” Judge Marty Lucke replied, adding that Raissez only asks for something when he sees an absolute need.
Commissioners agreed to purchase the two, and recommended as the Sheriff’s Office begins to replace SUVs to add the cost of newer NOPTIC units into the overall expense of the next patrol unit.
