DICKINSON, ND (KFGO) – Stark County Sheriff Corey Lee took to Facebook to announce his department’s stance on Gov. Burgum’s newly implemented statewide COVID-19 mandates.
“In a nutshell, we will not be enforcing masks mandates, we will not be enforcing mandates on businesses. That will be up to the individual business.”
Sheriff Lee says the department will be working to help promote a message of community safety.
Hettinger County Sheriff Sarah Warner said her department made the same decision. She said the department will not enforce mask and business mandates ordered by the governor. She said this is a health issue and should not become a criminal matter.
Warner said her office is aware of people’s concerns that state government may take action against their businesses and said the sheriff’s office will do it’s best to protect citizens against what she calls “unjust actions.”
Warner said she trusts citizens are capable of taking the steps necessary to protect themselves and others based upon their own circumstances.
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