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Michigan soaring gas prices forces sheriff to cut response to non-urgent calls, deputies work by phone
sheriff’s department in Michigan cited soaring gas prices in an announcement Tuesday that it would be reducing its deputies’ responses to non-urgent calls for service. Isabella County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that it "is feeling the pain at the pump as well." "We have exhausted what funds were budgeted for fuel with several months to go before the budget reset," Sheriff Michael Main said in a statement. "I have instructed the deputies to attempt to manage whatever calls are acceptable over the phone," he said. "This would be non-in-progress calls, non-life-threatening calls, calls that do not require evidence collection or documentation." "Deputies will continue to provide patrols to all areas of the county, they will respond to those calls that need to be managed in person," Main continued.