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Knox County sheriff reports progress toward full staffing; new jail administrator named
Summary
Sheriff Daniel Weckesert told the Knox County Board of Commissioners the department expects to be fully staffed by August, reported current jail counts and said a new jail administrator, James Crawford, has been selected; evidence‑room upgrades are moving toward an August bid and September contracting timeline.
Sheriff Daniel Weckesert told the Knox County Board of Commissioners on July 31 that his office is "moving forward" and expects to be fully staffed by August. He gave a snapshot of the county jail population, saying it had been "anywhere from 95 to 105 for the last couple weeks" and that, "as of this morning, we're 78 males and 15 females, and we got 1 individual housed in another facility."
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