 Financial problems have struck another eastern Kentucky sheriff's office, resulting in layoffs and reduced patrol time. MacGuffin County Sheriff Carson Montgomery says his office can no longer afford to provide 24-hour protection, and he has been forced to lay two deputies off. Well, I had to make a decision. You know, I had like four deputies to be covered. We had about 20 to 21 hour-a-day coverage several days a week. Two of them we used nights and two of them on days. It came down, days is the busiest. You know, I kept my dayshift deputies. They had seniority. I've been talking with the county judge for a few months now, and you know, we kind of know this was coming. He stepped into a situation here. He's got to spend his money wisely, and he don't have an abundance of cash. The fiscal court funded me three deputies before, and as of right now, he could only fund me with one. I managed to pay the other one here out of the office. As of right now, we're going to try to cover seven days' dayshift. Saturday and Sunday will probably be like from ten to six to seven to six. It's very hard on me to do this, to turn somebody down that needs help.