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Sheriff urges more dispatchers and animal-control officer as board tentatively approves sheriff budget
Summary
The sheriff asked the board for four additional dispatch positions and an animal-control deputy citing rising call volumes; the board tentatively approved the sheriff’s budget increases and discussed funding constraints and federal grant possibilities.
The Washington County sheriff asked the Board of Supervisors to add personnel to the sheriff’s office, including four dispatch positions and one animal-control deputy, citing growing call volumes and workload pressures.
At the meeting the sheriff summarized operations: “We have 12 full time dispatchers and 3 part time dispatchers in Washington County,” and said dispatchers answered roughly 100,000 calls annually from…
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