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Deputy Tom George criticizes commissioners over handling of sheriff’s staffing discussion
Summary
A Montcalm County sheriff's office deputy told the board on April 28 that commissioners' public remarks about a perceived 'culture' in the sheriff's office have made recruiting harder and were counterproductive to addressing staffing shortages.
Tom George, who identified himself as employed by the Montcalm County Sheriff's Office but speaking on his own time, used the meeting's public-comment period on April 28 to criticize commissioners for how they handled a prior discussion about amending contracts and sheriff's staffing.
"The views I'm about to express are mine," George said at the start of his remarks. He accused commissioners of turning a recent meeting into an attack on the sheriff and said that public statements implying a culture problem in the…
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