Politics & Government

Budget Cut for Jefferson County Drug Investigators

The budget cuts mean fewer investigators for what seemed to be record number of cases.

Michael de los Reyes, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
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The Jefferson County drug task force was expected to investigate 400 methamphetimine labs this year, says the stltoday.com news website.

But their budget will be cut by about $160,000 this year, the news site reports. Which means about a third fewer investigators to pursue exisiting cases and crime tips.

The task force was originally expected to have 15 investigtors when it started more than a decade ago. This year it will have about seven or eight investigators pursuing 10-20 tips daily.

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