(Sheriff’s Office Grant request approved)…The County Board of Supervisors made the decision Tuesday.

The Sheriff’s asked for almost $131,000 from the Imperial County Agricultural Benefit Program. The committee recommended approval, and the Board of Supervisors agreed. The funds will be used to purchase equipment that will assist the law enforcement agency’s ability to conduct agricultural related criminal investigations and aid in crime prevention efforts. An investigator for the Sheriff’s Office said the new equipment would bring the local office into the 21st century, as to pertains to the investigation of Ag related crime.