Jared Froggatte, an Iola Police Department detective, filed for the Republican nomination for Allen County sheriff this week.
Froggatte, rural Iola, handed County Clerk Sherrie Riebel petitions containing 275 names, about 200 of which were of registered Republicans, 80 more than needed to make him a candidate.
Encouragement from others, often from frustrations with current Sheriff Bryan Murphy and his department, led him to file, Froggatte said. “I’d heard frustrations about narcotics (illegal drugs) and lack of cooperation with police…
