We’ve passed through Pound several times on our way to Clintwood, which is just down the road. Pound is a dirty little place that never impressed me.
I’ve lived in small towns most of my life. Our current nearby town has a population of about 3,000 and contracts the county Sheriff’s dept to do the cop work. The town I grew up in had their maintenance man double as their cop and also had a sheriff’s deputy live in town.
My point is, they do not need their own force, just contract with the county. Get a deputy to live there.
“My point is, they do not need their own force, just contract with the county. Get a deputy to live there.”
Exactly. In Virginia, towns and non-independent cities are creatures of the county in which they exist, in this case Wise County. The Wise County sheriff’s department is the logical, and I would assume, legal successor for documents, etc. associated with the former Pound police department.
This appears to be a budget issue, not a pro-BLM statement by Pound, and it is a common one in small rural towns.