Sheriff's budget pitch includes training pay, phone-forensics upgrade and jail control-room request

Oct 23, 2024

Lieutenant Foreman Dexter asked the Harrison County Commissioners Court to approve new field-training pay, a full-time health inspector if the city ends inspections, updated forensic software ($14,323 first year), vehicle replacements and significant jail control-room upgrades.

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Lieutenant Foreman Dexter presented the sheriff's budget to the Harrison County Commissioners Court on items ranging from training pay to technology and jail equipment. "We are, we're gonna ask for FTO training pay," he told the court, describing two-week minimum assignments for field training officers and a budgeted amount he identified as about $10,000.

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