Sierra County New Mexico Sheriff deputizes 20 churchgoers amid pandemic

[Quixote1818]

This is what Trump has created.

ALBUQUERQUE – A rural county sheriff in New Mexico has deputized about 20 church members at an in-person church service, working around Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Sierra County Sheriff Glenn Hamilton said it’s about recruiting help and preparing for the worst but he also noted that law enforcement is exempt from the governor’s stay-at-home order, meaning people can now attend future services, KOB-TV reported.

Sierra County, about 140 miles south of Albuquerque, is one of many rural counties that often use law enforcement volunteers since there are not enough deputies to cover the territory.

“Should riot conditions start existing, should civil disobedience, it could be everything from crowd control measures to as simple as administrative staff duties,” Hamilton said. “They wouldn’t be engaged in actual law enforcement duties per se unless the individual is maybe retired law enforcement.”

Hamilton has extended the deputization offer to all churches in Sierra County and expects more to sign up.

More: https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/2020/05/06/coronavirus-sierra-county-texas-sheriff-deputizes-20-churchgoers-amid-covid-19-pandemic-tx/5175998002/

[dhill926]

1. go meet your maker...rubes....

[Ilsa]

2. Good grief. The new deputies could at least

Try and space every family several feet apart, or hold the services outside.

[NightWatcher]

3. We're not going to have to wait for the Rapture to get their cars and pets, will we?

Dear Science Denier,
I will care for your pet after you're dead.
Go bowling.
Signed
N

[abqtommy]

4. I don't think that's gonna fly here in New Mexico. Stay tuned for the after-story...

[Progressive Jones]

5. It never ends with these religion addicted flakes. nt

[stillcool]

6. you can't make this shit up...

[crickets]

7. This is what happens when there is no clear, strong leadership at the top. nt