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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSierra County New Mexico Sheriff deputizes 20 churchgoers amid pandemic
This is what Trump has created.ALBUQUERQUE A rural county sheriff in New Mexico has deputized about 20 church members at an in-person church service, working around Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grishams public health order designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton said its about recruiting help and preparing for the worst but he also noted that law enforcement is exempt from the governors stay-at-home order, meaning people can now attend future services, KOB-TV reported.
Sierra County, about 140 miles south of Albuquerque, is one of many rural counties that often use law enforcement volunteers since there are not enough deputies to cover the territory.
Should riot conditions start existing, should civil disobedience, it could be everything from crowd control measures to as simple as administrative staff duties, Hamilton said. They wouldnt be engaged in actual law enforcement duties per se unless the individual is maybe retired law enforcement.
Hamilton has extended the deputization offer to all churches in Sierra County and expects more to sign up.
More: https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2020/05/06/coronavirus-sierra-county-texas-sheriff-deputizes-20-churchgoers-amid-covid-19-pandemic-tx/5175998002/
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Sierra County New Mexico Sheriff deputizes 20 churchgoers amid pandemic (Original Post)
Quixote1818
May 2020
OP
We're not going to have to wait for the Rapture to get their cars and pets, will we?
NightWatcher
May 2020
#3
I don't think that's gonna fly here in New Mexico. Stay tuned for the after-story...
abqtommy
May 2020
#4
dhill926
(16,359 posts)1. go meet your maker...rubes....
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)2. Good grief. The new deputies could at least
Try and space every family several feet apart, or hold the services outside.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. We're not going to have to wait for the Rapture to get their cars and pets, will we?
Dear Science Denier,
I will care for your pet after you're dead.
Go bowling.
Signed
N
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. I don't think that's gonna fly here in New Mexico. Stay tuned for the after-story...
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)5. It never ends with these religion addicted flakes. nt
stillcool
(32,626 posts)6. you can't make this shit up...
crickets
(25,983 posts)7. This is what happens when there is no clear, strong leadership at the top. nt