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Sheriff outlines COPS grant plan to hire three deputies; board discusses timing and budget impact
Summary
Sheriff Matt Kelly told Miami County commissioners the department can add three deputies under a federal COPS grant and an SRO agreement with Queen of the Holy Rosary, with most of the first-year cost covered by grant and partner funding; commissioners discussed realistic hiring dates and next-year budget implications.
Sheriff Matt Kelly told the Miami County Board of County Commissioners that the sheriff’s office can use federal COPS grant funding and a private School Resource Officer (SRO) agreement to staff three deputy positions without requiring new county dollars this fiscal year.
Kelly said the federal grant provides about $41,666 per deputy per year and that the county has an agreement with Queen of the Holy Rosary that contributes “a little over $63,000 a year to fund the SRO.” He said the SRO position was already budgeted at about $104,000 and that, based on his estimates, the county…
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