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Sheriff reports staffing gains, lower failure‑to‑appear rates and active marine and regional traffic operations
Summary
The sheriff briefed commissioners on staffing, concealed handgun license activity, declining failure‑to‑appear rates, jail capacity constraints and interagency marine and traffic enforcement efforts.
The Benton County sheriff reported several operational updates to commissioners, including higher concealed handgun license application volumes, continued marine patrol coverage, declining failure‑to‑appear (FTA) rates and staffing updates across patrol and corrections.
The sheriff (name not stated in the transcript) told commissioners the office issued about 93 concealed handgun licenses in April, 103 in May and 59 in June; the office has adopted a largely online application process (Permidian) to simplify applications. The sheriff described the state concealed‑handgun licensing system as "shall…
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