WALLACE, Idaho — Shoshone County commissioners voted 2-1 to give the go-ahead for a public safety levy in a crowded and divided courtroom.

The sheriff's department faces a $766,000 to $900,000 funding gap and says it needs this money to avoid cutbacks. It asked for a levy on the soonest ballot possible.

"Because you can only do less with less. You cannot do the same and you cannot do more if you want to do less," said Sheriff Holly Lindsey.

Sheriff Lindsey warned these cutbacks mean the department loses 15 years of progress.

"It's really hard to potentially watch what we built crumble," Lindsey said.

State crime statistics show Shoshone County's crime rate dropped from about 52 per 1,000 people in 2009 to nearly 42 in 2024.

The now authorized levy ballot measure proposes a tax of abo

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