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Sheriff’s office reports improved staffing; commissioners approve $300,000 transfer from health insurance to cover jail salaries
Summary
Sheriff’s office representatives told the Richland County commissioners on Oct. 21 that staffing has improved and the jail is near full staffing. Commissioners approved a motion to transfer $300,000 from the jail health insurance line into the jail salary line to cover projected shortfalls.
Sheriff’s office representatives told the Richland County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 21 that the county’s law-enforcement and jail staffing situation has improved substantially after a period of chronic vacancies.
At the meeting, a representative for the sheriff said the jail had been as many as 25 officers short in earlier periods but was now only a few positions under fully staffed. The speaker credited recent hiring, capital projects and county investments for improvements and said many people in custody present behavioral-health and…
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