CHADRON, Neb. (AP) – The Dawes County commissioners have been asked to consider extending policing coverage to the town of Crawford. County Sheriff Karl Dailey and some Crawford residents submitted a proposal at the commission meeting on Wednesday. Crawford Mayor Terry Haugen says he’s backing the plan and will work with Dailey to prepare a workable contract. The proposal calls for three deputies to be hired to watch over Crawford and report to Dailey. The town has no force now and is paying Hemingford for police coverage. Dailey says it would be more cost-effective if there were deputies in Crawford who could respond to incidents in the western
part of the county rather than dispatching deputies from Chadron.’