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Sheriff seeks targeted hires and technology funds as Ada County jail, dispatch and patrol workloads grow
Summary
Sheriff Matthew Clifford asked the commissioners to approve several targeted position additions, pay-plan adjustments and technology investments that the department says are necessary to keep pace with growth and public-safety requirements.
Sheriff Matthew Clifford presented a FY26 budget package that includes requests for several new positions, pay‑plan updates for patrol, and multiple technology and facilities projects tied to public-safety operations across the Ada County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO).
Clifford said ACSO’s FY26 supplemental ask totaled about $3.1 million over allocation and that the office had narrowed internal requests to a small set of mission‑critical positions. Of about 26 earlier position proposals, Clifford said the agency limited its FY26 supplemental requests to six…
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