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Sheriff proposes higher probationary pay, targeted marketing to boost deputy recruitment
Summary
Sheriff Noah Robinson outlined a plan to raise probationary deputy pay and run a targeted marketing campaign to address expected retirements and weak applicant pools; council deferred a formal salary ordinance change to May.
Sheriff Noah Robinson asked the Vanderburgh County Council for support to make the county more competitive in deputy recruitment by raising the probationary deputy pay and funding targeted advertising. He emphasized an expected wave of retirements in 2025–26 and said recent recruitments drew only a handful of applicants.
Robinson said increasing the probationary pay to an amount close to a one-year deputy’s salary would allow the sheriff’s office to advertise a higher starting wage and be more competitive with regional agencies. He described the cost separation between a probationary deputy and a one-year deputy as “about $4,000” per deputy and estimated the county cost in 2025 to raise…
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