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Randolph County sheriff’s office outlines staffing shortfalls, detention center stress and recruitment needs
Summary
Sheriff's Office leaders told commissioners the agency has lost dozens of sworn employees in the past year, faces recruitment competition from municipal departments, and that the jail is operating with many inexperienced officers; they urged pay increases and other retention tools.
Leaders from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office told county commissioners Thursday that the agency faces sustained losses of sworn staff and shortages in the county jail that they said reduce public safety and increase liability.
A department representative told the board that in the prior 12 months the sheriff’s office lost about 39 employees and that the detention center has seen 44 officers leave since January 2024. “We have 13 housing units,” Major D’Angelo said, and average daily inmate population was described as roughly 280–320; the facility’s maximum certified capacity was cited as 422.
Major D’Angelo and other presenters said staffing shortages have left housing units, booking and master-control operations thinly staffed. The jail was reported to…
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