During his first term in office, Dawson County Sheriff Matt Hogg has worked to improve law enforcement coverage across the county and has upgraded the fleet of patrol vehicles.
Announcing plans to seek a second term in office, Hogg said he is still working to resolve the biggest challenge currently facing the Sheriff’s Department.
That challenge is how to best go forward with a county jail that is simply not big enough to handle all of the county’s prisoners.
That situation has caused the jail to fall out of compliance with state guidelines and is forcing the county to spend millions of dollars ...