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Deputies Use Wives as Matrions in Linn County Sheriff’s Office
Three Linn County sheriff's deputies say they employ their wives and other female relatives as paid matrons to assist with extraditions and transports of female prisoners. The practice, funded from court costs, has drawn policy questions from county officials while deputies defend it as customary and cost-neutral to taxpayers.
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Linn County
Don Sawyer
Merle Kopel
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Roseberry
Springville
Anamosa
Webster
Mitchellville
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