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Sheriffs Office expands reach
North, South Hall precincts opened to improve service
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Clermont resident Russell Couch talks with Hall County Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Abercrombie about a child locked in a car near the new North Hall Precinct in downtown Clermont. “It’s going to be nice,” Couch said of the new office. “We bring our little girl down here to play in the park.” Deputies and commanders are already using the building, said sheriff’s office equipment specialist Joey Cain. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Local officials said they approve of the direction the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is headed as it opens the doors to the first of two full-service precincts in the northern and southern parts of the county. “I think that folks are really going to like this, because they won’t have to drive if they need to do an accident report, or any other kind of day-to-day report,” said District 2 County Commissioner Scott Gibbs, whose constituency covers the northern part of the county, including Clermont. “I think it also gives the sheriff’s office more of a presence, and I think for law enforcement presence is huge,” he said.