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Sheriff details staffing needs, training and body‑camera plan amid rising jail population
Summary
Sheriff Hennessy presented the department’s FY15–16 overview, citing a general fund budget of about $203 million, jail population increases (average daily population ~1,293 early 2016), staffing vacancies and plans to hire for a new SF General Hospital, expand training (implicit bias, crisis intervention), audit internal affairs, add an ombudsman position and deploy 60 body‑worn cameras for county jails.
Sheriff Vernelia Hennessy (identified in the transcript as "Sheriff Hennessy") briefed the committee on the Sheriff’s Department budget and priorities, saying the department continues to be understaffed and has been relying heavily on overtime.
Hennessy said the department's general‑fund expenditures for FY15–16 were about $203,000,000 "and some change," and provided staffing numbers: authorized civilian staff around 208 with current civilian staff about 163 and roughly 45…
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