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Subcommittee tables bill to raise state-funded deputy ratio for rural localities
Summary
A House subcommittee voted 5-3 to lay on the table HB 15 54, which would have required the compensation board to fund either one deputy per 1,500 residents or one deputy per 25 square miles, whichever provides more deputies.
A House subcommittee voted 5-3 to lay on the table HB 15 54, a bill that would have raised the minimum state-funded deputy sheriff ratio for certain rural localities.
Delegate Patrick Williams, the bill's patron, described the measure as a response to staffing shortages in large, sparsely populated counties. "Oftentimes you'll have 2, maybe 3 deputies covering 500 or 400 square miles," Williams said, describing situations in which backup…
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