
Sheriff Jared Buchanan (back to camera) swears in Malcolm Powell (left) as a patrol deputy and Kent Hatch as a jail deputy during Sanpete County Commission meeting Tuesday, March 1. Powell formerly worked at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF), later was a Sanpete County sheriff’s deputy and then was an officer in Lehi. He is returning to the Sheriff’s Office. Hatch worked as a corrections office at CUCF for about 10 years and has also worked for the Ephraim Police Department. Both deputies have experience as K9 handlers.