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County seeks arrest‑location data and confirmation of state pickups after high 'paper‑ready' counts
Summary
Burns compared Potter County's paper‑ready inmate counts to peer counties (Potter 81 in Dec. 2024) and said uncertainty about Amarillo PD arrest‑booking locations and inconsistent state pickup practices make it difficult to interpret trends; court members asked staff to obtain more detailed records.
Burns presented 'paper‑ready' counts (inmates approved for transfer but awaiting pickup) and compared Potter County (81 in December 2024) with counties of similar size (Bowie 58, Gregg 56, etc.). He said there is no single pattern across counties to explain large paper‑ready inventories and that the number of inmates the state agrees to pick up in any given week varies and affects local loads.
A court member said commissioners Coble and the speaker had asked the jail to contact the state during a previous peak; Chief Jobs confirmed state staff initially offered to pick up 40 but ultimately took 20 during the first call and smaller numbers afterward. Burns said the county cannot fully control the timing of state pickups and that the county needs Amarillo PD's arrest‑location breakup (Potter vs. Randall) to know how many arrests should be booked in Potter versus Randall County.
