Dear Editor:

Citizens Awareness Report (Response to The Sheriff's Department Article) by San Saba Police Department

All disturbances and prowler calls in the City of San Saba are responded to and handled by the San Saba Police Department. The confession by this suspect to the two vehicle burglaries given to Sheriff Brown occurred after the suspect was contacted by Chief Riggs and Sergeant Shaw of the Police Department. This one individual apparently felt pressure after being contacted by Sergeant Shaw and Chief Riggs. The suspect had already been arrested by the City Police Department for burglaries of two businesses and was a suspect in another burglary of a building and burglaries of vehicles. The burglary of two businesses were cleared by the City Police Department when this suspect was caught in the burglary of one of the businesses by a City Police Officer. This one subject is in custody for the burglary of two businesses and two vehicles. He is a subject in other crimes. The suspect decided to confess to the Sheriff because the suspect went to the dispatch office at the County Jail and talked to the Sheriff's Officers. The City of San Saba pays the County for dispatching duties to advise the City Officers of any disturbance or crime in the City limits. The Sheriff's Office appears to decide what and when calls are given to the City Officers. When the Sheriff's Office is given valuable information from a suspect even when it applies to a crime in the City of San Saba, they notify the Police Department only after they obtain all the information. Chief Riggs removed prints from the burglaries mentioned by Sheriff Brown and submitted the items to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory. Previous burglaries have been cleared by prints removed from the crime scene by Chief Riggs and suspects were charged in those crimes. It takes between three and six months to get the information on finger prints returned from the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory because of their case load. Certainly murders, sexual assaults and aggravated assault cases rightfully take precedence over burglaries.Dear Editor: