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Mohave County sheriff urges board to add 35 deputies, seeks $5.75 million this year
Summary
Sheriff Doug Shuster told the Board of Supervisors the county’s patrol is understaffed, citing 57 patrol positions covering a 13,470-square-mile county and requesting 35 additional deputies plus pay adjustments that together would cost about $5.75 million this fiscal year.
Sheriff Doug Shuster told the Mohave County Board of Supervisors on March 17 that the county’s patrol division is stretched thin and asked the board to find funding this year for 35 additional deputies and salary adjustments that together would total about $5.75 million.
Shuster, who identified staffing and compensation as his two priorities, told the board he currently has 57 patrol deputies countywide and that deputies handle roughly 50,000 calls for service annually. “We have 57, gentlemen, for the entire county,” Sheriff Doug Shuster said during the presentation. He described the county as geographically large — more than 13,470 square miles — and said response times and officer safety are affected by long travel distances.
Shuster presented a two-part funding request: $4.5 million to add 35 deputy positions this year (including salaries,…
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