Jan 19, 2021
WHITLEY COUNTYâThe Whitley County Sheriffâs Office released the department s year-end review, as Sheriff Toddy Shelley looks back at 2020 and the work his department has done in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
âAs the year 2020 comes to a close, our department wanted to thank the community for the overwhelming support that we have received this year,â Shelley stated in the report.
In December alone, the sheriffâs office arrested approximately 80 people on mostly theft and drug-related charges, while also working numerous collisions and criminal cases.
Shelley said the employees of the sheriffâs office worked each day throughout last year to improve their department and therefore, improve their county.
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Students load boxes into Corbin City Police Chief Rust Hedrick s truck. | Photo by Erin Cox
Criminal justice students and their instructor Tackett Wilson distributed the food to area law enforcement on Thursday at the school. | Photo by Erin Cox
A criminal justice student carries a box of the holiday food to load into a police cruiser on Thursday morning. | Photo by Erin Cox
CORBIN â Corbin Area Technology Center criminal justice students hosted their sixth annual Operation Joy this year and despite the pandemic it successfully resulted in more than 85 holiday food baskets being delivered by local law enforcement to families in need.
The Whitley County Sheriff received a relatively clean audit from Mike Harmon, the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts.
“I am extremely pleased with the audit. All the money is accounted for,” said Whitley County Sheriff Todd Shelley.
The audit consisted of two findings. The first stated, “The Whitley County Sheriff’s Office does not have adequate segregation of duties.”
“I know when I went to the Sheriff’s convention there are were several other sheriffs who always get wrote up for segregation of duties,” said Sheriff Shelley. “We are shorthanded. The money is not there to pay more employees.”
Michael Goins, the Director of Communications for the Auditor of Public Accounts, said the finding is probably the most common in audits.