Sheriff's Office representatives briefed the board on staffing, jail population and recent incidents. "Currently, we have 19 custody staff and 3 CSOs, which leaves us with 9 vacancies," a sheriff's spokesperson said, adding that three new hires start on the 16th, three are in background and four interviews are scheduled.

The jail population was reported at 57 in the facility with five in Nisqually; staff said they had 50 bookings between Aug. 24 and Sept. 6. The office described an incident during a shakedown in which staff found a sharpened piece of metal fashioned from a medical brace; charges were filed for a weapon in the facility. "We inspected the brace and removed pieces of metal; one piece was used by an inmate as a weapon," a jail manager said.

Longer‑running operations noted included a jail litter‑crew program that has collected more than 100,000 pounds of trash and covered nearly 40 miles of county roadways this year. Patrol staffing updates included new patrol hires, several in background, one at the academy and officers completing field training, with set‑team staffing expected to increase at the end of the month.

Major incidents and mutual aid: the office discussed a fatal collision on Agate Road under investigation, ongoing internet‑crimes‑against‑children investigations, a large wildfire response (about 10,000 acres) and detectives assisting Thurston County on a jail death to provide an independent investigation. The sheriff's office remains lead on an officer‑involved shooting investigation that is being prepared for the prosecutor's review.

Discussion vs. action: the briefing was informational; commissioners asked for periodic follow‑up on staffing numbers, public disclosure request counts and shared appreciation for the set team’s proactive work on long‑running neighborhood problems.