HOULTON, Maine — Town councilors opted Monday evening to move forward with a plan to see whether it would be more cost effective for the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office to provide policing services for the community.
The idea was not well received by several community members in attendance, and Aroostook County Sheriff Darrell Crandall said Tuesday that he plans to recommend to the council that the Houlton Police Department be maintained.
“The town is too big and too busy to not have local police department, as far as calls go,” the sheriff said Tuesday.
Crandall said he had been approached by Council Chairman William McCluskey, who asked what it would take to contract with the sheriff’s office for law enforcement services for the town.
Crandall said he was not sure about any details yet concerning what kind of services Houlton might want from the sheriff’s office.
“Once I know, like we do with any town official that asks, I can provide them with a cost estimate,” he said.
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