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Sheriff's office warns response times lag and jail is near capacity; ARPA money used to extend longevity
Summary
Clay County Sheriff's Office CFO Vicki Adams told the commission the office's 2021 average response time was 9 minutes 56 seconds (goal 6 minutes), deputy-to-population ratio is below state average, and the jail's average 2021 population was 479 inmates; she said ARPA funds are being used to expand the jail to buy roughly 3–7 years of capacity.
Vicki Adams, chief financial officer for the Clay County Sheriff's Office, briefed the county commission during the Nov. 28 workshop on law enforcement and jail capacity metrics.
Adams said 2021's average sheriff's-office response time was 9 minutes and 56 seconds, noting the office's goal is a 6-minute average. She said the sheriff's office currently has about 1.19 deputies per…
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