Making a statement

Callaway Sheriff joins others around state in adding stickers

September 2, 2015 at 12:08 a.m. | Updated September 2, 2015 at 12:08 a.m.

A parked Callaway County Sheriff patrol vehicle sports the nation's motto on a bumper sticker Tuesday. It was added last week after the Missouri Sheriffs Association came to a unanimous vote for departments to add the bumper stickers to their patrol vehicles.
A parked Callaway County Sheriff patrol vehicle sports the nation's motto on a bumper sticker Tuesday. It was added last week after the Missouri Sheriffs Association came to a unanimous vote for departments to add the bumper stickers to their patrol vehicles.

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As of last week the majority of the patrol vehicles at the Callaway County Sheriff's Office feature a new addition on the bumpers.

The vehicles now sport a new bumper sticker with the phrase "In God We Trust" citing the national motto.

"It's the national motto and I believe it's the day and time to put our trust in something," Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane said.

During the first week of August the Missouri Sheriff 's Association created a resolution to feature the stickers on the back of patrol vehicles during their conference.

"It got national attention when the sheriff's in southern Missouri did this and the issue was brought up to

us here at our conference at the lake so we took the vote to support the concept," Cole County Sheriff Greg White told Central Missouri Newspapers.

Prior to the conference Crane was already toying with the idea to add the bumper stickers using a local vendor.

The vendor was going to charge the department $50 for each vehicle, Crane said, but a company in Springfield provided stickers for interested departments free of charge, he added.