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Sheriff’s Office seeks proposals for detention study; Axon system rollout planned for July 1
Summary
Chief Deputy Justin Miller told the Judiciary & Law Enforcement Committee the Sheriff’s Office issued an RFP May 4 for a comprehensive detention operations study with proposals due June 16, 2026; he also outlined staffing challenges, a revised deputy hiring process, education programming results from the Phoenix Project, and a planned Axon technology go-live July 1, 2026.
Chief Deputy Justin Miller briefed the Kenosha County Judiciary & Law Enforcement Committee on a package of operational items at the May 6, 2026 meeting, focusing on detention operations and technology upgrades.
Miller said the Sheriff’s Office issued a Request for Proposal for a comprehensive detention operations work study on May 4, with proposals due June 16, 2026. The study’s scope includes corrections staffing analysis, overtime reduction strategies, evaluation of shift structures, a supervisory staffing review, assessment of administrative positions, and exploration of facility consolidation and operational efficiency.
Miller described current staffing challenges and turnover in detention operations and said court delays and inmate population trends are affecting overtime. He noted the department moved to 12-hour shifts in approximately 2018 because of staffing shortages and that alternative schedules, including 10-hour shifts, are under consideration. He added that detention operations account for approximately two-thirds of the Sheriff’s Office budget and staffing.
Miller provided program and personnel updates: the Phoenix Project, in partnership with Kenosha Unified School District and Gateway Technical College, had 55 inmate participants in 2025 and 27 completed graduation requirements. He also reviewed contracted patrol services with the Villages of Bristol, Paddock Lake, Salem Lakes, and Somers and noted additional summer staffing related to School Resource Officer contracts.
The Sheriff’s Office described a revised deputy hiring process that consolidates in-house testing, scenario-based evaluations, written reports, and panel interviews into a single pre-civil-service-review day. Miller said the Axon body camera and squad technology platform is scheduled to go live July 1, 2026, pending successful implementation; the system will include body cameras, squad cameras, license plate readers, AI-assisted report writing ("Draft One"), and translation capabilities. Training schedules, equipment installation timelines, and data migration from the current system were discussed, and Joint Services staff will receive training from Axon technicians.
Committee members, including newly appointed Supervisor Luke Pollock, were invited to participate in Sheriff’s Office ride-alongs. The meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
