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Commissioners pause sheriff's budget amid jail staffing and compliance concerns; legal review ordered
Summary
Sheriff Richard Hickox requested new vehicles and staffing to address aging fleet, mental-health detainees and supervision needs; commissioners set sheriff budget aside pending a district attorney and counsel review of detention compliance and liability.
Sheriff Richard Hickox presented the sheriff's budget request on Feb. 18, describing staffing and equipment needs the department says are required to maintain public safety and meet evolving local demands. Hickox said patrol staffing is essentially the same "as far as patrolmen that we ran when I started at the sheriff's office in 1999," while the county's population and built environment have grown.
Hickox asked commissioners to approve funding for three replacement patrol vehicles, modest pay adjustments for captains whose pay had fallen below subordinates, increases in supplies and jail repairs and money to reestablish a reserve unit. He described…
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