‘Exhausted’ Gas Funds Sees Michigan Sheriff’s Dept Reduced to Managing ‘Non-Life Threatening’ Calls by Phone

‘Exhausted’ Gas Funds Sees Michigan Sheriff’s Dept Reduced to Managing ‘Non-Life Threatening’ Calls by Phone
Police patrol outside the Michigan State Capitol as pro-Trump demonstrators protest nearby in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 14, 2020. Elaine Cromie/Getty Images
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Soaring gas prices across the United States have prompted a sheriff’s department in the state of Michigan to start handling non-urgent 911 calls for help over the phone as opposed to in-person.

Isabella County Sheriff Michael Main in a statement on social media on June 7 said that he had instructed officers to handle calls for help over the phone wherever possible after the Sheriff’s office depleted funds set aside for gas.

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