By Dewey Terrill
Little Apple Post
Riley County Commissioners were informed Thursday that police will make a presentation to the law Board in October on the jail inmate population.
RCPD Director Brian Peete said that the average daily poplation in August totaled 124.2 but last weekend it surged up to 137. "We want ro come up with viable options on how we can work to reduce costs." Any reports will be sent to the county commission prior to the information being sent to the Law Board.
On a seperate matter Peete also praised the response by RCPD personnel who responded to a swatting incident a few weeks ago at K-State. A swatting report is a fake call. "We had a very measured response, we were controlled. We utilized training to ensure that we didn't over respond. There were certain aspects of the call that did not necessarily make sense."
Peete noted that RCPD is working with federal law enforcement agencies to track down the individuals that that they believe did it, and they have promising leads. The RCPD Director expects this will probably be a federal case since the two individuals did this in several places.