December 16, 2015 - Law enforcement vehicles around Shelby County now feature the United States national motto, “In God We Trust.”
Across the country, 
law enforcement have been adding the national motto which was adopted by Congress in 1956 to their vehicles. In November 2015, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded in a letter to a question posed by Texas Senator Charles Perry concerning the Childress Police Department having decided to display the motto on its patrol vehicles. Paxton's response, in summary, was "A court is likely to conclude that a law enforcement department's display of the national motto, 'In God We Trust,' on its patrol vehicles is permissible under the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution."
On Monday, December 14, 2015 the SCSO patrol vehicles had Beverly Slatter with The Sign Shop add the words to their vehicles.
Shelby County Sheriff Willis Blackwell said, “Every headline you read today involves violence of some sort. The threat of terrorism is real and in forefront of our thoughts and conversations. The citizens of Shelby County have the right to feel safe and protected. God is being removed from our everyday life and I want the county to know that we stand behind our faith in God and trust him to protect the citizens of Shelby County.”
Center Police Officer John Welch had the phrase installed on his vehicle a couple of weeks ago by Ultra Shade Plus who did the task as a donation. The Center Police Department is in the process of having "In God We Trust" added to more of their vehicles.
