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Acting probation and parole director seeks two developers, fleet changes and more staff for body cameras and hearings
Summary
Acting director Chadwick Gambrell told the Senate Finance Committee the agency expects growing IT contracting costs and seeks two in‑house developers, changes to vehicle leasing strategy to reduce costs, more funding for body cameras and two hearing officers to handle rising administrative hearings.
Chadwick Gambrell, acting director of probation and parole, told the Senate Finance Committee his agency expects to spend more than $3 million on outside IT contracts next year and is requesting funding to hire two full‑time software developers (cost cited at $243,000). Gambrell said bringing development in‑house could reduce first‑year contractor spending to about 40% of current levels.
Gambrell said the agency works closely with the Department of Administration on shared services for server capacity and other needs, but that custom development and data‑sharing between criminal‑justice partners will still require dedicated staff. “First year will be 40% of what we have been spending in the past,” Gambrell said when…
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