Petition circulating to disband VC police dept

Valley City (CSi) Under a proposal to move all law enforcement responsibility to the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office, a petition is circulating in Valley City to disband the Valley City Police Department.

The petition asks residents to vote whether or not to created an Ordinance disbanding the Valley City Police Department.

The sponsoring committee of this petition consists  of Robert Drake, Brian Mindt and Anthony Drake.

Organizer Robert Drake says  supporters believe there is poor communication between the two law agencies, and a doubling of costs.

In Mayor Bob Werkhoven’s opinion,  the petition seems to be too extreme compared to his proposal, placing administrative control of the city police department under the Sheriff’s Office and would not disband the police department completely.