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Corrections commissioner cites 50% vacancy rate, $10,000 sign-on bonus and academy recruiting as steps to reduce overtime; committee approves initial funding
Summary
Commissioner Hart told the Fiscal Committee that corrections officer vacancies are roughly 50%, driving double-time overtime costs; the department described recruitment blitzes, an academy graduating 12 recruits, a $10,000 sign-on bonus for academy completers who serve one year, and other advertising strategies; the committee approved the late item 26080.
Commissioner Hart described the Department of Correctionss staffing pressures and the need to address overtime spending, telling the committee the department is at about a 50% vacancy rate for corrections officers. "We do. We're at approximately 50% across the department in terms of corrections officers," the commissioner said, explaining that overtime…
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