Kraushaar seeks second term as sheriff

Hot Springs County Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar is running for re-election after serving a four-year term.

Kraushaar described some of his accomplishments at that time and said, “We managed to mainstream our detention center to have video court and have a much more complete jail policy and inmate handbooks. We’ve been able to implement new rules and give the inmates the ability to have hearings if there is any disciplinary action taken. They have the ability to have a hearing now, which they didn’t have in the past, to be able to contest what they’ve been accused of and then maybe get it overturned.”

Kraushaar continued and said, “We have a fully certified patrol division now, which has been a struggle through the years. This month we will have a K-9 that will start being trained. We will have three weeks of training with Deputy Shayna Cox and she and the dog should be out working in the month of June. Hopefully, that will help us curb the flow of narcotics coming through Hot Springs County.”

When asked if Kraushaar were to be re-elected what would the next four years look like, he said, “My plan is to really, really make an impact, a stronger impact on the drug trade right now. Especially with the K-9 and be able to get into vehicles with probable cause from the dog search. This will hopefully slow the transportation of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in this area.

Kraushaar said he wants his department to “be able to interact with the public and the businesses to keep things safe and to keep making sure that we keep property crimes and crimes against people as low or nonexistent if we can.”