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Sheriff reports midyear jail and patrol trends; committee approves $25,000 opioid‑use‑disorder grant recommendation
Summary
Sheriff Schutte told commissioners the department is hiring, reported reductions in homicides and staff assaults, described jail capacity pressures and said a state opioid‑settlement grant of $25,000 would offset medication and treatment costs in the jail; the committee voted to forward the grant recommendation to the full board with approval.
Sheriff Schutte briefed the committee on the department’s midyear operations and staffing and asked the committee to forward a state opioid‑settlement grant award recommendation.
The sheriff said the department spends roughly $7.51 million a year on medications for inmates with opioid use disorder and that the $25,000 grant would help offset medication, screening and assessment costs in the jail. Sheriff Schutte said the county applied for the grant and he was told the county would receive the full $25,000 if approved.
On staffing, Schutte said the department has made…
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