Soaring gas prices across the United States have prompted a sheriff’s department in the state of Michigan to start handling non-urgent 911 calls for help over the phone as opposed to in-person.
Isabella County Sheriff Michael Main in a statement on social media on June 7 said that he had instructed officers to handle calls for help over the phone wherever possible after the Sheriff’s office depleted funds set aside for gas.
Isabella County is in central Michigan and includes the city of Mount Pleasant.
Main said in his statement that his force “is feeling the pain at the pump as well” at a time when Americans are paying an all-time high for gas, according to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA)….