The Russell County Detention Center had an average inmate population
of 138 for the month of September. In speaking to the fiscal court earlier this
week, Jailer Bobby Dunbar said, that at the time of the meeting, there were 74
state inmates, two Clinton county inmates and 50 Russell County inmates, for a
total of 126 lodged in the local jail.
During the meeting, Sheriff Derek Polston, in his monthly
report to the court, said the sheriff’s office responded to 593 calls for
service and made 13 mental health transports, served 148 papers and executed
six search warrants bringing the yearly total of search warrants to 29. The
sheriff’s office worked nine injury accidents during September and made 200
school safety checks, according to Polston.
Court security deputies transporting inmates to and from county
drove a total of 6,747 miles for the month.