Riley County Police Department Director Dennis Butler says the agency has been successful finding new supply chains to keep inmates fed at the jail.
Butler shared his comments during Monday’s virtual intergovernmental luncheon, hosted by Riley County.
RCPD didn’t have an official contract with Sysco, the same agency that provided food to the school district. Instead it purchases food products on an as-needed basis. RCPD spokesman Aaron Wintermote tells KMAN that Sysco made its final delivery to RCPD in early August.
Since then, he says other chains, including Hiland Dairy, U.S. Foods and Evco Food Services have stepped up to fill the void.
Butler also provided an update on where RCPD is at in filling some of its key vacancies.
He also mentioned crime levels are down dramatically over the five year average, though July did see an uptick in vehicle related crimes. Many of them involved unlocked cars or cars with keys left in them.
Director Butler will appear Friday on KMAN’s In Focus.
Monday’s luncheon also included an update from Jason Dean with the U.S. Census Bureau. Some of the highlights included local numbers showing increases.
Pottawatomie county registered the largest growth rate from the 2010 census with a population growth of 17.3-percent and now have a population of 25,348.
Pottawatomie county isn’t the only area that saw growth, as Riley county also saw a 1.2-percent increase for a total population of 71,959. As the two counties fall within the Manhattan district, MHK saw a 3.5-percent growth as well, with a population totaling just over 54,000 people.
A further breakdown of city population growth in Kansas can be found below.
Brandon Peoples and Kelsey Bigelow contributed to this article
