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lir <br /> system in the state which seems to be relieving a lot of <br /> the workload. That will be one of our major objectives. <br /> A. LINDY NENDERGRASS, SHERIFF <br /> Q. SM - on these child abuse cases - are these ones that come <br /> into you or are these ones that Social Services calls you <br /> in or how does this work? <br /> A. LP - we have an agrementwith Social Services and the <br /> district attorneys staff -it is a working relationship <br /> where all three units meet and we have set goals and <br /> priorities. When a call comes into Social Services, they <br /> report it to the DA staff and that staff gets back to us <br /> and all three agencies work the case. They get involved <br /> because they involve juveniles. There have been 17 within <br /> the last six months. <br /> Q. SM - are these within the Sheriff's jurisdiction. <br /> A. LP - Yes. I think within the upcoming year between the <br /> Sheriff's Department and EMS, county government needs to <br /> look and have work studies done toward disaster planning <br /> which we have but we need to look and see what kind of <br /> equipment we have; what if we have a major disaster? <br /> After going to the meeting I attended the other night I <br /> have a good resource manual. Here in Orange County what if <br /> we have a major disaster? There are no generators at any <br /> of the schools that I know of. What if we had to house a <br /> lot of people; had to cook food; had to provide heat and <br /> lights? There is nothing like that. We are not talking <br /> about a tremendous amount of money to put proper generators <br /> in these schools. The county has only one 4-wheel drive <br /> vehicle and I believe that is in the planning department. <br /> They have a 4-wheel drive pickup. I feel like with the <br /> help of you people, the County Manager, we can pick up some <br /> of the surplus government equipment and get it in here and <br /> be far better prepared for these major disasters that <br /> sooner or later are going to come. The other day Bobby and <br /> Bill Laws were running all over everywhere and we were <br /> trying to help them had power go out in a nursing home <br /> and you had respirator generators about to go out and if we <br /> had ice and this storm would have hit us last night we <br /> would have been in trouble. <br /> Q. SM - In this kind of weather when you may have to get out <br /> to people is that 4-wheel drive made available to you? <br /> A. LP - Oh yes - if I call Mr. Thompson - Yes but what I am <br /> saying to you is that there is only one in the County. <br /> Q. DW - don't you have one? <br /> A. LP - no. ABC has,a pickup and we can get that. <br /> DW - I thought I seen one jeepster type. <br /> LP - We have a van we have steel studs on but you know we <br /> transport nuses to the hospital to go to work of a night - <br /> people around that they can't get to. <br /> Q. MC - you have the ABC pickup, don't you? <br /> A. LP - no sir; they kept that to haul their supplies back <br /> and forth; we get it but thats the only two and Bobby was <br /> at the meeting and it came up that dawn in Hanover County <br /> when they bad that disaster they paid out a lot of money <br /> for tires and transmissions. We don't even have insurance <br /> to cover outside resources. <br /> Q. DW - you mean if you borrow? <br /> A. LP - Yes. <br />