Sheriff’s office patrolling businesses

BOWLING GREEN, Ky – A local sheriff’s office is doing more to protect businesses in the community.

Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower says deputies are patrolling around local businesses more to protect areas that are less monitored.

Deputies are able to do it because of a drop in other incidents. For example, with more people at home, deputies are responding to fewer vehicle crashes.

Over the last two weeks, the department has worked 28 crashes, opposed to 58 crashes in the same two-week period last year.

The sheriff also says the number of residential burglaries is down as well.