Database paying off for law enforcement

A new database of outstanding warrants on the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office website is already paying off for the office.

Det. Dick Blust, the sheriff office’s public information officer, said people listed on the database have started contacting the sheriff’s office to clear their warrants. Many of the warrants listed in the database are for unpaid citations and can be cleared by simply paying the citation. Since the database was initiated last week, Blust said the office has received numerous calls from people wanting to clear warrants on them.

Aside from helping clear up a lis...