Greg, I'd give 'ya rep, but I gotta spread the love some more... that was excellent!
Perhaps with your sheriff's approval, we can start using him and his LTCF procedures as the benchmark and example when we discuss them with other county sheriffs? It would be wonderful to be able to do similar sit-downs in other counties and be able to say "Here, look at Franklin County - this is the way things should be done"
Though one point that you might want to bring up with him in further discussions - several other counties issue LTCF's "on the spot" after a person passes PICS - you might want to suggest that they start doing that. But if they still feel the need to contact the provided references, they are, by law, given the 45 days... so I wouldn't push the issue. But it would still be nice for the benchmark community to be an on-the-spot issuer.
Again, Greg, good work!