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Sheriff's office and jail report steady call volumes, staffing changes and jail population
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Summary
Sheriff's deputies logged lower patrol call volumes than last year, staff promotions and a rec deputy appointment were announced; the county jail averaged 60 inmates in August with details on custody categories and electronic monitoring.
Lieutenant Rapinski of the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office reported to the Public Safety Committee that patrol deputies handled 742 calls for service in the month, down from 921 the same month last year. He said deputies issued 61 traffic citations, 17 written warnings and 11 nontraffic citations, and that crash reporting for the year stands at 192 total crashes, 43 with personal injury and two fatalities.
Rapinski said the county’s traffic-bots grant is winding down in September and that the county may forfeit some grant money to the state because some traffic shifts were not filled by participating agencies. He said the sheriff’s office finalized the rec deputy appointment and selected Charles Logan, a 22-year department veteran and SWAT commander, for the position; personnel changes will take effect Sept. 7.
On jail operations, a jail official reported an average daily population of 60 inmates in August, of whom eight were female and 52 were male. The jail breakdown included an average of 23 in probation incarceration, 24 in pre-sentence incarceration and 13 in sentence incarceration; four inmates were on electronic monitoring. The report noted an unemployment rate at booking of about 66%.
Why it matters: deputies’ call levels, staffing changes and jail population influence public-safety staffing, overtime needs and custody capacity. Rapinski told the committee that call volumes show normal summer peaks and valleys and remain within expected averages.
Committee response: members had no additional formal action; Rapinski and staff will provide the sheriff’s report as presented and finalize grant closeout details and personnel changes.
Ending: The committee thanked Rapinski for the report and moved on to other agenda items.
