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Cochise County sheriff outlines staffing, training and fentanyl interdiction efforts on local radio
Summary
Sheriff Mark Danos told listeners that recruiting and retaining deputies and detention officers remains a major challenge, and described state and multiagency efforts to interdict fentanyl and improve training standards.
Sheriff Mark Danos of the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office told listeners on KWCD’s First Watch radio program that recruiting and retaining deputies and detention officers is a top local priority and that multiagency fentanyl interdiction operations are underway.
Danos said staffing is tight but that interest remains: "I'll talk 2 weeks ago we had 85 applicants for deputy," he said, noting the selection process includes physical fitness, written testing, psychological screening, polygraph and medical checks. He described efforts to keep training local by expanding the office’s detention officer academy and by working with Cochise College to host some academy courses.
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