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Benton County approves extra jailer as sheriff outlines plan to fund position with federal inmate revenue
Summary
The Benton County Board of Supervisors voted to add an extra full‑time jailer after the sheriff described staffing gaps and a plan to use increased federal inmate revenue to help cover the cost.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors voted to add an extra full‑time jailer after hearing a staffing and finance update from the county sheriff.
During the presentation, the sheriff said the department is replacing a recent vacancy and requests one additional permanent position so a remaining officer can be trained before a National Guard deployment removes another staffer for most of next year. The sheriff said, “we're in the process of hiring a jailer right now, to replace some of the someone that we lost…
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