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Callahan County sheriff: 28 inmates in custody; staffing and testing delays noted
Summary
Sheriff reported the county is housing 28 inmates across multiple counties, detailed overtime hours for dispatch and deputies, noted one deputy vacancy and delays finding psychological testing since the area's provider stopped offering them.
Speaker 3, identified in the meeting as the sheriff, told the court on Jan. 27 that Callahan County is currently housing 28 inmates in the county jail and related placements. "Currently, we're housing a total of 28 inmates," he said, and provided a county-by-county breakdown: Callahan County — 2 males and 4 females; Coleman County — 10 males; Taylor County — 8 males and 4 females.
The sheriff reported staffing pressures and overtime: dispatch has accrued 30.75 hours of overtime and deputies 37.75 hours. He noted the department is still one deputy short and said the process of completing required psychological testing has been difficult since a local provider, Dr. Horner, stopped conducting those exams.
Those figures were followed by a motion to accept the sheriff's report, which the court approved by voice vote. The sheriff's comments described operational pressures related to inmate placement; he said in the meeting, "There's too many females, and nobody will take any," indicating difficulty in placing female inmates with other facilities.
The court did not record further direction in the transcript beyond accepting the report. Follow-up items for reporting or operational response (e.g., recruitment, regional placement negotiation, or alternative testing providers) were not detailed during the session.
