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Sheriff asks council to consider funding shortfall for domestic-violence detective and hiring for new jail

Vanderburgh County Council · August 14, 2025
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Sheriff Noah Robinson said a state grant for a domestic-violence detective has not kept pace with costs and projected a roughly $98,000 funding gap for 2026; he also told the council the county will need about 22 additional confinement officers for a jail expansion expected online in 2027.

Sheriff Noah Robinson told the Vanderburgh County Council his department submitted a largely flat budget but faces specific shortfalls that could affect services. The most immediate was a state-backed domestic-violence detective position: “Next year, it'll be roughly $98,000 to keep that position,” Robinson said, describing a complicated formula in which the state…

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