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Commissioners approve one-time overtime pay after court coverage shortage
Summary
Thurston County authorized a one-time payment to six patrol deputies who covered court duties on April 14 after Superior Court notified the sheriff's office of multiple in-custody trials and the department lacked corrections staff to cover them.
Thurston County commissioners on April 22 approved a one-time payment to six deputies who covered court details on April 14 when the sheriff’s office lacked corrections staff. County staff described the event as an unusual, "perfect storm" of four in-custody trials that required deputy coverage.
Sheriff Sanders told commissioners the courts notified the sheriff’s office two Fridays earlier that several in-custody…
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