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Sheriff's office reports fewer school-related criminal charges, details community policing and budget requests
Summary
Captain Jeff Abrams and Chief Deputy Dwayne Depp told the fiscal court the School Resource Officer (SRO) program saw fewer contacts and a 35% reduction in criminal charges year-over-year, highlighted community outreach, narcotics task force work, and requested routine budget approvals; court approved sheriff budget items in voting session.
Captain Jeff Abrams gave the court an annual update on the county's School Resource Officer program, saying deputies and SROs are focused on relationship-building and prevention as much as enforcement. Abrams summarized two years of SRO data and noted a reduction in total contacts from 285 in 2023 to a lower number in 2024, and he highlighted a roughly 35% reduction in criminal charges handled by SROs in the most recent reporting period.
"We want to do 0 police activity," Abrams said, framing the goal as…
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