Editing Morrill County, Nebraska (section)

==Law enforcement==
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| agencyname      = Morrill County Sheriff's Office
| abbreviation    = MCSO
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| subdivname      = Morrill County
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| headquarters    = 6th & L St., Bridgeport, Nebraska 69336
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| chief1name      = Milo Cardenas (since 2010)
| chief1position  = [[Sheriff]]
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In 2008 the sheriff's office employed four officers and five civilians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/data/table_80_ne.html |title=Nebraska: Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2008 |date=September 2009 |accessdate=September 1, 2010 |publisher=FBI |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708001823/http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/data/table_80_ne.html |archivedate=July 8, 2010 }}</ref>

The [[Humane Society of the United States]] awarded Sheriff Johyn D. Edens the 2009 Humane Law Enforcement Award for his investigation of mistreatment of 200 mustangs on an animal sanctuary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_humane_law_enforcement_awards_nebraska_092809.html|title=Morrill County, Neb., Sheriff Honored by National Animal Protection Organization|publisher=Humane Society of the United States|date=September 28, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The owner of the Three Strikes Ranch, Jason Meduna, was sentenced to two consecutive 20-60 month terms, by Judge Leo Dobrovolny at the Morrill County Courthouse.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Maunette |last=Loeks |title=Morrill County rancher faces more animal neglect charges in horse case |url=https://starherald.com/news/local/morrill-county-rancher-faces-more-animal-neglect-charges-in-horse-case/article_1535f691-34ad-566f-b13d-23fe755fd270.html |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=starherald.com |language=en|date=May 19, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kotanow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12033364|orig-year=February 4, 2010|date=March 3, 2010|title=Former ranch owner sentenced to prison|work=Kota Now|accessdate=August 31, 2010|archive-date=February 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227072236/http://www.kotanow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12033364|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the May 13, 2010, Republican primary, Milo Cardenas and Travis Petersen, polled 379 votes each (there being no Democratic candidate), and the decision was due to be made between then by a game of chance such as a coin flip, subject only to a recount.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_c5b214dc-5eac-11df-8e8e-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Coin flip could decide Morrill County sheriff's race.|work= Journal Star|date=May 13, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> After two recounts, Morrill County Clerk, Kathy Brandt offered the candidates the choice to "either cut a card or have their names pulled out of a hat", cards were selected and the election board shuffled the deck seven times before spreading the cards on the table for a simultaneous draw. Brandt said "Cardenas and Petersen both drew at the same time. Milo, drew a nine of hearts and Petersen drew a six of spades."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.starherald.com/articles/2010/05/19/news/local_news/doc4bf36a6d3f5c3299506065.txt|title=Sheriff candidate draws winning card|author =Chabella Guzman|date=May 19, 2010|journal=Star Herald |accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> Thus Cardenas went forward to the final ballot, scheduled for November 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nesheriffsassoc.org/primaryelect.php |title=Nebraska Sheriffs' Association |access-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131034953/http://www.nesheriffsassoc.org/primaryelect.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> with no other registered candidates.