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Sheriff’s captain asks Kootenai commissioners for up to $1.8 million more in jail overtime; commissioners press for justification
Summary
Captain Jeremy Hy told Kootenai County commissioners the jail may need up to $1.8 million in non-loaded overtime for the remainder of FY26 to meet minimum staffing, citing training attrition, court transports and medical/extradition duties; commissioners asked for substantiation and agreed to bring the request back at a business meeting.
Captain Jeremy Hy, representing the sheriff’s office, told the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on April 16 that the county jail faces persistent staffing shortfalls that could drive overtime spending to about $1.8 million for the remainder of fiscal year 2026 if staffing does not improve. Hy described the presentation as a “data-driven” review of overtime drivers and how the office calculated its request.
Hy said the major drivers of overtime are inmate population, special-housing inmates, court-ordered transports and medical or extradition transports, and he emphasized that detention deputies and custody staff shoulder most overtime shifts. “The majority of the overtime is being worked by detention deputies,” Hy said, and his analysis showed detention deputies…
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