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Jail overtime and staffing pressures continue; commander warns of training and academy changes
Summary
Commander Steve Barker told commissioners the jail’s average daily population and overtime costs rose; the jail has vacancies, a high overtime month in January and concerns about academy closures that could affect training pipelines.
Commander Steve Barker reported the jail’s average daily population for the month had dropped slightly to 79 but reached a high of 94; population that morning was 81. He said overtime paid in the most recent month totaled $15,720.53 and extra‑labor payouts for control‑room duties ran $1,994.96. Those figures consume a significant portion of the jail’s overtime budget for the year, Barker said.
Barker said the…
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