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Acting sheriff warns another round of cuts would force loss of emergency‑management staff and animal control deputy
Summary
Lorraine Shore, acting sheriff and emergency management director, told commissioners that further reductions could cut emergency‑management personnel by 50%, eliminate an animal‑control deputy and curtail proactive traffic enforcement and community‑policing programs.
Lorraine Shore, acting sheriff and county emergency‑management director, told the Board of County Commissioners that additional budget reductions would have “a significant impact to public safety.”
Shore said a further cut would force elimination of half the emergency‑management staff and the animal‑control deputy position added in March. She said personnel costs make up the largest share of the sheriff’s budget and that the department already operates “at a bare minimum.” Shore warned that if staffing declines the sheriff’s office could be…
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