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Sheriff outlines training academy costs and staffing plan; commissioners ask about meal and overtime policy
Summary
Sheriff Jones briefed the court on academy training for deputies, explaining cost comparisons between housing students during training and reimbursing overtime for travel, and cited county handbook rules on meal reimbursement.
Sheriff Jones told the Mills County Commissioners Court on March 10 that sending deputies to the law‑enforcement training academy without housing them overnight is less costly for the sheriff's office and less burdensome for personnel than housing students while in session.
Jones said the county budgeted $250 per trainee for school tuition and that prior instances of housing students overnight cost roughly $5,100 per person, compared with an estimated overtime cost of about $3,100 if deputies travel daily and are paid overtime. Jones…
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