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Sheriff outlines pay tiers, incentives after wave of departures
Summary
Perry County Sheriff Wachenberg told the council she has lost five officers in about 40 days and proposed a tiered pay/recognition plan, modest training-based incentives and other measures to improve retention; council members asked for legal and salary-ordinance checks before any mid-year changes.
Sheriff Wachenberg told the Perry County Council she has received a resignation that brought the department’s departures to five in about the last 40 days, representing roughly 31½ years of experience lost. She described the losses as a critical staffing problem and urged the council to consider measures to retain and reward deputies.
"We've got some people that have been there, one of them had been there 14 years," Wachenberg said, summarizing the experience gap created by recent departures. She urged the council to recognize training and specialized skills with modest pay…
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