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Hayden officials press for results-driven reporting in sheriff contract: arrests, clearance codes and hotspot mapping
Summary
Council and the Public Safety Commission asked the sheriff's office for a monthly reporting menu focused on outcomes (arrests, citations, detective hours, clearance codes and hotspot mapping), and directed staff to work with the sheriff to produce defined, repeatable metrics.
Hayden council members and Public Safety Commission participants spent a large portion of a special joint workshop detailing the specific data they want the sheriff's office to provide if the county contract proceeds.
Why it matters: Council members said raw call counts include many officer-initiated checks and medical calls and therefore can inflate measures of patrol activity. The city asked for results-focused reporting so officials can assess whether the level of service they pay for is actually delivered.
City Attorney Fonda Jovic and multiple commissioners reviewed sample figures supplied by the sheriff's office. Jovic told the group the sheriff's office can…
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