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Edgar County deputy warns board of staffing shortages, urges hire of full-time investigator
Summary
Deputy Josh Bennett told the Edgar County Board that the sheriff's office is short-staffed, describing multiple incidents where limited personnel affected investigations and safety, and urged hiring a full-time investigator and two deputies per shift.
Josh Bennett, a deputy with the Edgar County Sheriff’s Department, told the county board that the department is operating with critically thin staffing and described several incidents he said showed the limits of current coverage.
Bennett said the department currently works with two full-time day-shift deputies, four full-time night-shift deputies, one deputy on long-term workers’ compensation, one chief deputy and one sheriff, plus three part-time deputies whose availability is limited. He said travel across the county can take 20 to 30 minutes and that relying on outside agencies for backup can delay response times.
"We have had several burglaries that we were unable to investigate properly with no…
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