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Alamance commissioners approve sheriff's request to use forfeiture funds for sign‑on bonuses amid staffing shortfall
Summary
The board approved using repaid bonus funds first and then up to $80,000 of sheriff's state drug forfeiture funds to pay sign‑on bonuses for detention hires after testimony that the jail is critically understaffed.
The Alamance County Board of Commissioners approved a request from Sheriff Johnson to use available funds to pay sign‑on bonuses for detention officers after the sheriff described a shortfall that is straining jail operations.
Sheriff Johnson told the board the detention center is understaffed and that officers were doing double duties; he asked to use $80,000 in state drug forfeiture…
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