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Sheriff reports steady jail population, 5,300 dispatch calls for May and staffing gaps in detention
Summary
Sheriff Tim delivered a monthly update: the jail held 139 inmates (98 men/41 women) with 247 bookings in the past 28 days and 5,300 incoming dispatch calls in May; detention staffing has three deputy openings and overtime lines are a noted budget pressure.
Fremont County Sheriff Tim told commissioners the county jail population and public-safety workload remain high as the fiscal year ends, with noticeable staffing and overtime pressures.
As of the report, the sheriff said the jail held 139 people: 98 men and 41 women, with 247 criminal defendant bookings in the last 28 days. “We booked in 247 criminal defendants. Statistically, those were brought in by the Riverton Police Department at a 108 arrests,” he said.
The dispatch center handled roughly 5,300 incoming telephone calls in May; about 2,000 resulted in dispatched incidents, including 1,194 calls sent to law enforcement and 637 ambulance calls countywide. The sheriff said Windy Ridge repeater repairs and other radio infrastructure work continued and that the county’s Black Mountain repeater remained partly down but usable for paging.
On staffing the detention facility, the sheriff reported three deputy openings with two applicants in background checks and said the detention overtime line was running high historically but showed some improvement: “Overtime, we are over at... this year,” he said, citing reimbursement that offset some costs.
The sheriff also summarized search-and-rescue activity: 25 missions so far this fiscal year, close to last year’s tally, with an uptick expected for summer river rescues.
Commissioners asked follow-up questions about coordination between the sheriff’s office and county emergency management and thanked the sheriff for the update. No formal board action was taken during the report.
