'Compassion for your community'

Like an exposed nerve, the recently unveiled drug issue in Saratoga doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.

Despite only having three full-time officers, the Saratoga Police Department continues to make drug-related arrests as they search for housing for more officers. K9 Sergeant Justin Brown, attending in place of Police Chief Ken Lehr, provided the Saratoga Town Council with an update at their August 17 meeting.

Drugs and fishing holes

Two weeks prior, during the August 3 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Brown informed the governing body “you have all the hard drugs” which ranged...