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Panel reviews sheriff caseloads and wide deputy-pay differences across counties
Summary
Participants reviewed a spreadsheet showing caseload counts (Sheridan County recorded 91 cases in 2025) and discussed how deputy staffing and part-time pay vary widely across counties, complicating salary benchmarking for law-enforcement electeds.
A participant walked the group through case-load numbers side-by-side with salary figures, highlighting that Sheridan County recorded 91 cases in 2025. "I highlighted Sheridan County, and it'll show over 20 20 25. We did, 91 cases," the participant said while pointing to the spreadsheet.
Members discussed that some counties have very different deputy staffing models—several counties reported part-time deputies who receive modest monthly stipends—counseling caution about using raw pay figures alone for comparisons. One attendee noted that Sweetwater County’s lower-rung deputies receive monthly stipends in the hundreds of dollars, not the tens of thousands that full-time deputies receive, underscoring wide variation.
Participants suggested smaller follow-up work sessions to reconcile caseload-to-staffing ratios before folding law-enforcement pay considerations into the elected-salaries decision. No decisions or motions about sheriff pay were taken at the meeting.
