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Farmer donations will help fight rural crime in Scott County
BENTON -- Scott County farmers are not only pleased with the latest efforts by the sheriff to fight rural crime, they are backing it with their money.
"A couple of day before, they just contacted us and said they wanted to make a donation and wanted to present us with the check Monday," Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said Wednesday.
The $2,000 check included a $500 donation from the Farm Bureau as well as contributions from "several farmers who donated money," Walter said.
And following that donation, the Sheriff's Department received another $100 and the donation of equipment worth "well over $2,000," he said.
The donations are to support an initiative launched this summer to target the theft and vandalism of farm equipment, Walter said.
"In June, I assigned a detective to work rural crimes," he said. "His main focus will be investigating rural crimes but we will utilize him in other places as needed if he's not working those crimes."
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