Bulloch County leaders hope a grant application will lead to partial funding of three new Bulloch County sheriff’s road deputies, who would target violent crimes with a focus on community oriented policing. Bulloch County sheriff’s Chief Deputy Bill Black and Bulloch County Manager Tom Couch are working together to write a bid for the 2017 Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, hiring grant that would fund 75 percent of the base salaries and fringe benefits for three full-time sheriff’s road deputies, said Bulloch County Sheriff Noel Brown. Couch discussed the grant during a June 20 Bulloch County commissioners’ meeting, where a motion to move forward with the grant application met with unanimous approval.