Box Elder County commissioners renewed a cooperative law enforcement patrol contract with the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday while acknowledging that the current ,000 reimbursement cap no longer reflects actual patrol costs. The contract allows the sheriff’s office to patrol National Forest System lands within the county, including areas of the Cache National Forest and the Sawtooth National Forest. Chief Deputy Cade Palmer noted the ,000 reimburse­ment cap, saying, “I always pull the radio logs in our cases and show that we always exceed that amount on our contract rate,” Palmer said. “We’ve been between ,000 and ,000, but they...

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