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Commissioners approve overtime for detention officers; discussion highlights jail population and housing costs
Summary
The court authorized overtime hours for uniform officers at the adult detention center and commissioners used the vote to discuss jail population, vacancies, surrounding-county bed costs and potential criminal-justice strategies to reduce pre-indictment custody.
Bexar County Commissioners Court approved on July 8 a request to authorize paid overtime hours for uniform officers working mandatory overtime at the Adult Detention Center (ADC) for the pay period from June 28 through Sept. 30, 2025.
County staff and the budget office reported the overtime request would be the last allocation for the fiscal year and that the jail budget was within approximately $100,000 of projections. Commissioners used the agenda…
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