'Following the chaos over the weekend 161 arrests were made in Bay County. But how did the jail handle that situation since Bay County already has 100 inmates over in Walton County?'
“But that is a challenge. It’s something that we’ve been working with the State Attorney’s Office of Public Defender in the court systems to try to reduce that population.”
Over the course of the weekend, Sheriff Ford said they used vans to transport the individuals being arrested. “The van responds to the location and takes her prisoner, they’re able to electronically upload their arrest affidavit to the jail. So it allows that officer to stay right on post,” Sheriff Ford said.
What will happen if another weekend like this happens? Well they might bring back some things from 2015. “During that time period, we even had what we call mobile booking set up on the beach, Sheriff McKeithen came up with, and that’s a very good tool is something that, you know, we’ve we will consider for the future weekend here when we need it,” said Sheriff Ford.“If we have another big weekend, you know, we do work with the judiciary, on pretrial release, we’ve got an ankle monitor, program,” Sheriff Ford said.
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