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Davis County attorney urges immediate pay adjustment for specialized investigators amid retention risk
Summary
County Attorney Troy Rawlings told commissioners investigators in his office are paid about 82% of market and two grades below comparable sheriff's positions, and urged a small market adjustment now to retain specialized staff; commissioners were split because of a pending 2026 tentative budget and a $7 million general-fund shortfall.
County Attorney Troy Rawlings told the Davis County Commission at a Nov. 4 work session that the office’s investigative division is falling behind market pay and risks losing highly trained staff to private firms and other agencies.
Rawlings said Human Resources informed him investigators are paid roughly 82% of market and are two pay grades below comparable Davis County Sheriff’s Office positions. He described recent high-risk work by bureau chief Craig Webb’s team — including overnight surveillance for threats to the Justice Complex and Internet Crimes Against Children task-force operations — to explain why the positions require specialized skills and why retention matters for public safety.
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