Davis County Sheriff's Office

FARMINGTON — The BearCat is a tool to protect, not a tool to attack, says Davis County Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Bremer.

That is why the unique, aggressive-looking vehicle was heavily used by law enforcement authorities in the Boston area as they searched for the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

“Whether they are on national news (with a BearCat) or not, we feel as validated as providing the vehicle, as providing deputies with bullet proof vest,” Bremer said.

FARMINGTON — The same ankle bracelet monitoring technology used to keep Davis County jail inmate trustees in-check may soon be made available to caregivers of vulnerable adults.

FARMINGTON — A Davis County sheriff’s deputy claims his 30 days without pay and removal from the SWAT team were improper discipline for his actions during a standoff in Centerville a year ago.

FARMINGTON — The Davis County sheriff is hoping to one day provide a “car per man” for his department’s patrol division so armament and medical equipment won’t have to be shuffled from one emergency vehicle to another and so sheriff’s deputy paramedics won’t have to secure that equipment in their personal vehicles during off-hours.

FARMINGTON — Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson plans to answer questions about the Second Amendment at an open house next week.

FARMINGTON — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 89 near the pedestrian bridge in Fruit Heights.

SOUTH OGDEN — The shiny red D.A.R.E. car, a 2007 Saturn Sky, is now covered with black spray paint, which will cost thousands of dollars to remove and repaint.

“We have these cars for the kids and the community,” said Davis County Sheriff’s Deputy Cole Thon, the D.A.R.E. officer at West Point Junior High School.

The car’s D.A.R.E. motto, “To resist drugs and violence,” is barely visible under the black paint. Black paint also covered the car’s windows and hubcaps.