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Sedgwick County assistant county manager outlines public-safety responsibilities and challenges
Summary
Rusty Leads, Sedgwick County's assistant county manager, described overseeing eight public-safety-related departments, his background as a former Witchaw police captain, and said urbanization and rising service expectations across roughly 20 cities are key challenges for the county.
Rusty Leads, assistant county manager for Sedgwick County, said he was brought in to oversee the county's public-safety division and ensure departments have the staffing and equipment needed to serve residents. "I was brought in to serve as an assistant county manager working with the public safety division," Leads said, adding that he has been with the county for nine years.
Leads described the portfolio he supervises as including the building department, fire and EMS, emergency management, emergency communications (911) and the county's forensic science center among eight departments. "There are eight departments total," he said, and explained the building department’s role in…
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