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Sheriff asks commissioners to back technology upgrades and 28 new positions in FY26 budget
Summary
Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman outlined a roughly 12% departmental budget increase driven by health insurance and retirement costs plus major investments in records/jail management systems, license‑plate readers, radios and aviation. The sheriff asked for 28 positions (sworn and civilian) focused on investigations, traffic enforcement and corrections support.
Sheriff Kurt Hoffman told the Board on July 2 that the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a roughly 12% increase in its FY26 budget, driven largely by rising health insurance and Florida Retirement System costs, higher correctional facility contracts, and major planned technology upgrades.
“We had a 12% increase over last year,” the sheriff said during the budget workshop, pointing to health‑insurance and FRS adjustments and the costs of maintaining the aviation and correctional operations. He described the department’s top…
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