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Sheriff: Century Precinct To Remain Open, Walnut Hill Open Soon
May 14, 2009
Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says that he has no plans to close his Century precinct, and he still plans to reopen a precinct in Walnut Hill in the near future.
The Escambia County Tax Collector and Escambia County Clerk of the Court are pulling out of the Billy G. Ward Courthouse in Century by the end of May. NorthEscambia.com was the first to report last week that the Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley and Clerk of the Court Ernie Lee Magaha would close their offices at the end of the month.
But the sheriff’s department is in Century to stay, Morgan said.
“We have never even discussed closing the Century office,” the sheriff said. “We’ve never even brought it up. We plan to stay in Century.”
In addition, Morgan said he still plans to add two to three deputies to the Century precinct, and he plans to reopen the Walnut Hill office for two or three days per week.
The building that housed the Walnut Hill precinct was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan back in 2004. Since it was rebuilt, it has only been rarely used by deputies.
Morgan said the Walnut Hill precinct would be opened on a “test basis” to determine if there would be sufficient walk-in traffic to justify keeping it open.
Molino will also see an increased presence from the Sheriff’s Department in the near future, with two or three new deputies being assigned to that precinct in the coming months, according to the sheriff.
To read last week’s story about the closure of the other offices in the Century courthouse, click here.
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4 Responses to “Sheriff: Century Precinct To Remain Open, Walnut Hill Open Soon”
Make sure you keep up with the officers in Century and Cantonment. We have been fooled in the past about getting more officers up here. I think both are doing fine jobs. I think Sheriff Morgan is the real deal……..now he just needs to keep his word!
ATMORE HWY IS ONE BIG RACE TRACK! We would really appreciate more deputies up our way. Good work,Sheriff Morgan! Don’t forget us like others have done.
Well iam glad that the Century precinct, is going to stay ….Century just dont have much anymore but ((((DRUGS.)))… LORD yes we need them… wish we had more officers. The guys that are here in Century now are GREAT))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) DOING A GOOD JOB…… they are (JOHNNY ON THE SPOT ) good job guys
if he does it, it would be the first time a Sheriff kept his word for the North end. I am talking about the extra deputies up here. Ronnie Mac was just an ear tickler.