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Benton County board approves sheriff's appointments, adds command positions and a mental-health liaison
Summary
The board approved a resolution allowing the sheriff to appoint new command staff, promote two sergeants through civil service and create a mental-health liaison position; the sheriff described an active recruitment process with 21 applicants and cited budget and training timing questions.
The Benton County board on a routine vote approved a resolution authorizing the sheriff to appoint several command positions, promote two sergeants through civil service and create a new mental-health liaison role.
The action, carried by recorded "ayes," gives the sheriff authority to appoint Josh Karsten as chief deputy and to assign Kyle Lynch to a patrol-division captain role, to fill a new jail administrator/second deputy position and to add two sergeant promotable positions that will be handled under civil service rules. The sheriff also described plans to create a mental-health liaison post to replace funding lost after redistricting.
The resolution matters because…
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