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Stephenson County committee moves sheriff budget forward, forwards $465,000 vehicle supplemental to finance
Summary
At a Stephenson County committee meeting, members advanced the sheriff’s fiscal year 2026 budget and agreed to forward a $465,000 supplemental request for five Chevy Tahoe patrol SUVs to the county finance committee; the sheriff’s representative also briefed the committee on staffing, a new records system and a planned digital-ticketing rollout.
At a Stephenson County committee meeting, members voted to move the sheriff’s fiscal year 2026 budget out of committee and to forward a $465,000 supplemental request for five Chevy Tahoe squad vehicles to the county finance committee.
The county’s sheriff’s department representative, identified in the record as Mr. Bush, told the committee the department has four new deputies in the academy who began in September and are scheduled to graduate Dec. 18, 2025. After three weeks of orientation and four months of field training, Bush said the earliest those deputies could be “road ready” is April 2026.
Bush described recent technology upgrades the department has completed or begun.…
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