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Sheriff reports higher clearances and rising jail bookings in May
Summary
Sheriff Holloway presented the May 2025 activity report showing an overall clearance rate near 83% for reported offenses, increases in arrests and jail bookings, and staffing vacancies in the jail and law enforcement divisions.
Sheriff Holloway presented the Washington County Sheriff's Office activity report for May 2025, reporting an "83 clearance rate for May 2025 with 123 offenses" and increases in arrests and jail bookings.
Holloway said the office saw a 62% clearance rate for Group A offenses (21 offenses) with eight arrests, and an 87% clearance rate for Group B offenses (102 offenses). He reported jail bookings increased from 110 to 133 for the month while the average daily population decreased from 104 in April to 98 in May. Holloway also reported four current vacancies in both the jail and law enforcement divisions.
The nut graf: The sheriff's report provides operational metrics the court uses to monitor public safety and correctional capacity: crime-clearance rates, arrest counts, jail bookings and staffing levels. Holloway noted traffic enforcement and incident-response categories largely held steady, while officer-initiated activity in the City of Burton increased.
Other details recorded in the report included an increase in citations (from 102 to 130), a rise in arrest warrants served (from 54 to 56), and a small donation to the office. Holloway said there were no juvenile offenses for the month and provided monthly breakdowns of bookings by agency and by gender.
The court accepted the report by motion and voice vote; there was no recorded roll-call opposition.
