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Delaware County sheriff highlights staffing, jail boarding revenue and public-safety programs in annual report
Summary
The Delaware County sheriff presented the office's 2024 annual report to the Board of Supervisors, emphasizing recruitment challenges, a rise in jail boarding revenue largely from federal and state inmates, increased traffic accidents, and expansion of school resource and community programs.
Sheriff (name not specified) told the Delaware County Board of Supervisors on April 9 that his office faces persistent staffing shortages while generating increased revenue by boarding state and federal inmates and expanding community programs.
In a presentation to the board, Sheriff (name not specified) said the department answered 15,496 calls for service in 2024 and that traffic accident reports rose 27.6% to 462. He said uniform traffic tickets were slightly down compared with the prior year but that overall traffic-related calls and impairment-related accidents are driving concern and agency attention.
"It's an honor and a privilege to be able to do this and to recognize the expert work that's done by the members of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office," the sheriff said, describing recruitment…
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