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Delaware County sheriff reviews staffing, jail population and school safety programs
Summary
Sheriff Craig Dumont presented the Delaware County Sheriff's Office 2024 annual report to the Board of Supervisors, outlining staffing changes, rising jail boarding and inmate counts, traffic and drug-enforcement trends, and the county's school resource officer and K-9 programs.
Sheriff Craig Dumont told the Delaware County Board of Supervisors that the Sheriff's Office remains focused on public safety while grappling with staffing shortages and higher jail populations.
Dumont said the office launched a new website, maintains a sheriff's app and an active Facebook presence. He highlighted recruitment challenges and a number of new hires and promotions in 2024, including a new full-time school resource officer in the Stamford Central School District and several corrections hires. Cody Tremblay was promoted to criminal investigator and assigned to work with the district attorney on child-crime cases; Kyle Karchar was promoted to corporal; Jeff Clark was promoted to sergeant. The sheriff also noted one jail retirement and said the office recognizes…
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