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Safe Room Rebate
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attend at either 12 p.m. or 6 p.m.
A safe room rebate program will make it easier
for county homeowners to take shelter, accord-
ing to Dale Thompson, Grady County Emergen-
cy Management (GCEM) Director.
The funding will allow for the purchase and
installation of above or below ground safe rooms
for 75 homeowners in the county, Thompson
said.
The rebate program will allow awardees a
rebate of 75 percent of the total cost with a
maximum of $2,000 on each new safe room. The
safe room must meet all current FEMA Guide-
lines and will be inspected before the rebate can
be issued, Thompson said.
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County to apply. Rental property or businesses
are not eligible.
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the GCEM office to pick up applications. Appli-
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"I hope that it instills some confidence in the
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war on drugs in our town," McClain said.
The Drug Detection K-9 Operation will be
mainly funded from CPD’s drug forfeiture
account, which is comprised of money seized
through the District Court of Grady County,
McClain said.
The account will pay for the purchase of two
drug detection K-9s, training for their handlers,
and to add K-9 equipment to two police, McClain
said. The total cost would be about $15,000 from
the drug forfeiture account.
"The city would be required to pay the han-
dlers $50 per month incentive pay per the collec-
tive bargaining agreement [for] $1,200 per year
total," McClain said.
Without probable cause, a police officer can
only detain the driver of a vehicle on a traffic
stop for a reasonable amount of time, which is
about 25 to 30 minutes, McClain said.
But if the K-9 is able to identify an illicit sub-
stance, that is sufficient probably cause, and the
driver does not need to consent to a K-9 free air
sniff around the vehicle because it does not con-
stitute a search, McClain said.
"It should help us interdict drug trafficking or
drug transportation. possession, things of that
nature within the city limits inside of a vehicle
and on occasion in side of a structure," McClain
said. "We ll also look to use them in the school
systems as well just for a general sniff of the
school and wherever they ask that they do that.”
It's been nearly a decade since CPD had an
active K-9 program, and they've never had two
K-9s, McClain said.
"It is a very difficult war, and we don't have any
idea that we'll completely be able to eradicate
things," McClain said. "But having the right tools
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ument was built to recognize and ly permissible, Fallin said. Okla-
honor the historical significance homans would then have the
of the Commandments in our opportunity to vote on the issue.
... ....... Gov. Mary Fallin announced state's and nation's systems of she said.
to do the job is the first step in doing the job right. upcoming legislative efforts Tues- laws," Fallin said. "The monu- Throughout the pending legal
day to keep the Ten Command- ment was built and maintained appeals and proposed changes to
ments monument at the Oklaho- with private dollars... It is a pri- the Oklahoma Constitution, the Ten
ma State Capitol.                 vately funded tribute to historical Commandments monument will
In light of last week's 7-2 Okla- events, not a taxpayer funded remain at the Capitol, she said.
homa Supreme Court decision to endorsement of any religion, as Oklahoma is a state where we
remove the monument. Attorney some have alleged."               respect the rule of law, and we
General Scott Pruitt filed a petition Furthermore, several legislators will not ignore the state courts or
to request that the court rehear the have signaled their support to their decisions. However, we are
Ten Commandments case, Fallin pursue changes to the state consti- also a state with three co-equal
said in a statement.                 tution that w uld make the Ten branches of government,” Fallin
"The Ten Commandments mon- Commandments monument legal- said.
Date Book
• Today is the 190th day of
2015 and the 19th day of
summer.
Today’s History
• In 1850, President Zach-
ary Taylor died in office of
a stomach-related illness at
the age of 65.
In 1868. the 14th Amend-
ment was ratified. guaran-
teeing full citizenship and
equal protection to Afri-
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isfnmimeerpntgiwinidtke place on July 10 at Local pols bristle at sharing peronal finance details
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BY JANELLE STECKLEIN “We’ve had a lot of complaints from reporting, he said, adding
CNHI News Service from school boards and munici- that every official should be made
palities that they have to file to comply.
OKLAHOMA CITY — School financial disclosures at all,” said “The finances of the smaller
board members, mayors and city Lee Slater, executive director of towns are just as important as the
councilors are grumbling about the State Ethics Commission, decisions made in larger towns,
sharing personal details such as Joey Senat. an associate profes- Senat said.
where they work, their salaries and sor at the Oklahoma State Uni- Also citizens who want to
the value of their investments. versify who specializes in open research the information face an
A new law requires the annual government issues, said he's glad obstacle of time and distance, he
reports - already mandatory for that the state is finally making said, because they must drive from
state and county officials — local officials come clean about location to location to see the data,
which are available to the public, their personal finances.             Disclosures for state officials are
The aim is to increase transpar- But he acknowledged questions kept in a central database.
ency in government and cut down about just how transparent the The State Ethics Commission
on conflicts of interest when it new law really is.                   no longer collects anstores dis
comes to spending money at the For example, officials in towns closures from county officials,
local level                         with populations of less than That job now rests with individu-
Even if local leaders oblige, they 10,000 and that have a budget of al counties — a change that Slater
aren't necessarily happy about it. less than $10 million are excused said is meant to improve access.
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