CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Downtown Safety Patrol is no longer dedicated to Cleveland city streets.

However, Sheriff Harold Pretel wants to add more deputies to patrol county-wide.

Pretel discussed his vision for what’s now called the Community Support Unit during a budget hearing at the county council.

"You can see they’ve been quite active this year, this is just to the end of August,” Pretel said.

His presentation revealed 114 guns seized, 106 warrant arrests and nearly a thousand traffic tickets.

But some council members say the budget may not allow for the expansion.

News 5 Investigators have exposed problem after problem with the sheriff’s patrol, including two separate deadly chases by the same deputy, which killed two innocent women.

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