Then, in October, the office got its credit, and "we started to go back to the way things were before."

"And the investment banks remember well the late 1960's, when the back offices got out of control."

But, he added, his office was getting little help from local residents.

"I think people who run for office have got to really want it themselves."

During Joe's last phone call home, he said the office was getting smoky.

He said his office was getting so many calls, "we can't handle them."

As for money, "I don't know where the central office gets it," he said.

Normally the office gets three such calls a week, he said.

Below you'll find answers to the questions our office gets most frequently.

And the Sheriff's office didn't get one of the few.