Friday's Internet Edition, May 09, 2008.
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| The new-look Davie County Sheriff’s Department car, which is being phased in as vehicles are purchased. |
A number of changes have taken place in the sheriff's department: office renovations, uniform changes, and new patrol cars to name a few.
You may have noticed some of the deputies driving around the county in silver patrol cars instead of the standard beige they've been driving over the years.
Stokes says the patrol cars (which are former highway patrol vehicles the county purchases) have traditionally been repainted before becoming part of the sheriff's department.
"After about two years that paint would begin to chalk and flake. It couldn't be maintained."
Stokes says the decision was made to leave the cars silver with the original factory paint. "That ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.