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Public Safety Committee hears sheriff on state accreditation mandate and jail overcrowding
Summary
The Public Safety Committee heard from Sheriff Anthony Dennis and SSgt Blake Weathersbee about a state requirement for law‑enforcement accreditation and about overcrowding at the Sumter County Detention Center, which Sheriff Dennis said was housing about 450 inmates and had staff shortages and placement issues for people with mental‑health needs.
At the Public Safety Committee meeting reported to the full council on April 11, Sheriff Anthony Dennis and SSgt Blake Weathersbee briefed members on two pressing issues: a state mandate for law‑enforcement accreditation and pressing capacity concerns at the Sumter…
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