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Commissioners approve 150 detention officers and 25 deputies to reduce overtime, cut outsourcing costs
Summary
After staff and the sheriff described high overtime use and expensive out-of-county placements, the court voted to add 150 detention-officer positions and 25 deputy positions to reduce mandatory overtime and to enable the county to bring inmates back from costly outsourcing.
Harris County Commissioners Court on Feb. 27 approved adding 150 full-time detention officer positions and 25 deputy positions to reduce the county—s reliance on mandatory overtime and on costly out-of-county inmate placements.
Chief of Corrections (captain-level speaker) and county staffing leads told the court the requested positions would primarily replace mandatory overtime shifts that currently staff posts and that every filled post reduces reliance on outsourced beds. County workforce and budget staff estimated the annualized cost of 150 positions at roughly $13.7 million; staff said that even with that…
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