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Sheriff reports jail population, bookings and dispatch statistics; jail medical line item noted
Summary
The sheriff gave a year-end operations report showing reduced in-house inmate averages, staffing vacancies, calls-for-service breakdowns and an underexpended medical budget; commissioners were briefed on dispatch and equipment projects.
Fremont County Sheriff—s Office presented a year-end operations and staffing report to the board on Jan. 14 covering inmate populations, bookings, dispatch activity and capital projects.
The sheriff reported 132 inmates in house and 136 in custody as of the morning before the meeting, with 385 total bookings in a roughly 60-day period beginning Nov. 18. The jail roster included 90 men and 40 women; the detention center averaged 150 in-house inmates per day for the year, down from higher averages last year. The detention center reported 2 juveniles in custody and three Title 25 emergency detentions at the time of the briefing.
The sheriff said overtime was over budget for the department and noted that a federal reimbursement of roughly $32,100 for security details was pending and expected to bolster the overtime line. Jail medical spending remained well under budget for the fiscal year, with approximately $239,000 unspent in the medical line item as of the report.
On communications, the countywide emergency dispatch center has completed phases 1 and 2 of equipment upgrades; phase 3, installation of radios in county vehicles and ambulances, is underway. The sheriff said the Black Mountain repeater (on Bureau of Indian Affairs property) remains down and installation depends on the BIA schedule; the county dispatch-consolidation committee planned to meet at 10 a.m. that day.
The report included a breakdown of calls for service (6,467 total for the year for the sheriff—s office) and crime statistics showing 61 DUIs, increases in some thefts and burglaries, and two criminal homicides reported for the year in the sheriff—s agency alone.
Why it matters: The report provides the board operational context for budgeting and staffing decisions, highlights pending reimbursements that affect overtime and flags communications infrastructure and facilities needs that may come before the board for budgeting or capital action.
