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County council adopts staffing shift change as corrections employees press staffing and safety concerns
Summary
Correctional officers and a union representative told the council the jail is short dozens of officers and operating under unsafe conditions. The council approved a substitute ordinance reclassifying seven 12-hour correctional positions to 8-hour positions and directed administration to pursue additional measures.
Correctional officers and a union representative told the St. Charles County Council that the county jail is operating short-handed and that the resulting conditions are unsafe for staff and inmates. In response, the council adopted a substitute ordinance to convert seven 12-hour corrections positions to 8-hour positions and agreed to pursue further administrative steps.
David Reagan, a spokesman for Laborers Local 42, told the council, “You’re 25 people short. And the next year, you’re 30. Last year was 35. You’re about 40 COs short of a full staff.” Members of the corrections workforce and union representatives attended the meeting on their days off to press the point.
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