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Powers' police chief packs up.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Powers' police chief packs up.(Government)(Duane Sutherland's departure leaves the town without a police presence)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard

POWERS - To hear Duane Sutherland tell it, the Wild Wild West just got a little more unruly.

On Tuesday, Sutherland turned in his keys, badges, Jeep and gun at Powers City Hall, his yearlong tenure as the rural Coos County town's police chief officially over.

The City Council is scrambling to find a new chief, and not just because it's good to have someone running the department. With not even a reserve officer on hand, Sutherland was the only gun in the 730-population town.

"Come around on Saturday night," when all hell is sure to break loose in the "Gateway to the Siskiyous," warned Sutherland, 59. The best response time from scaled-back county sheriff patrols that the people of Powers can now expect is 30 minutes - and that's only if a deputy happens to be in Myrtle Point. And as the county faces cutbacks in federal...

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