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Sedgwick County Commissioner Ryan Beatty points to past staffing shortfalls, urges modernization
Summary
Commissioner Ryan Beatty said staffing shortfalls in public safety and behavioral-health services drove his 2022 run for office and described progress since, while calling for modernization and interagency collaboration across Sedgwick County government.
Commissioner Ryan Beatty said he ran for Sedgwick County Commission in 2022 to address severe staffing shortfalls that were affecting county services and has since pushed for “modernizing local government” to improve efficiency.
Beatty, speaking in an interview with Jeff Bluebaugh, said when he decided to run the county faced major personnel gaps: “the sheriff was down 120 deputies. Comcare was down 200 employees. 9 1 1 was only at about 65% staffing. EMS, in years previously, had lost a third of their paramedics.”
The shortfalls, Beatty said, were “impacting services,” and were a primary reason he sought a seat on…
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