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After year in office, sheriff touts changes, says more to be done
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In his first year in office, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said he has been working to make the office use more cost-saving measures. Two noticeable changes have been the white patrol cars and the use of refurbished cars instead of purchasing new models.
When Gerald Couch became Hall County’s sheriff a year ago, he knew he faced the challenge of a budget barely out of the grips of austerity. “When I came into office, I applied a test to all areas of the agency, and that was three-pronged: How can you improve efficiency, how you can promote cost savings and how can you improve services? We applied those to every area of the department, every position,” he said.