One month after announcing it would be cutting prisoner transfer and investigative services programs due to budget concerns, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department has reinstated both.

The news comes much to the delight of Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee.

On Monday, June 25, Magee said he learned that Governor Deval Patrick approved an additional $4.6 million in funding for the Sheriff’s Department to keep the Safe Keep prisoner transfer program and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation services intact.

Both programs are essential to the department, he said.

With the Safe Keep program, officers from the Sheriff’s Department pick up a prisoner in need of transfer, to be held overnight or on weekends, without cost to Rochester.

Without this program, Magee said he would have to send his officers on staff with a prisoner in need of transfer, which would leave him with inadequate shift coverage at the department.

The police department would also take a financial hit if they lost the program, he said.

Rochester would have to send its prisoners to Marion to be held with a cost of $50 per prisoner, per night for Rochester.

Another invaluable program for Rochester is the Bureau of Criminal Investigation services, Magee said.

With no detectives on staff, the Rochester Police Department calls on the Bureau to process fingerprint analysis and crime scene photography.

Over the last few weeks, Magee has been writing the Selectmen as well as State Senator Michael Rodrigues and State Representative William Straus asking for help in getting funding for these programs.

With both programs reinstated, Magee said it’s back to business as usual.

“This just makes it cleaner, smoother and makes what we do a lot easier,” he said. “It’s what we needed and it’s happened. We’re very pleased.”