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DPS and sheriff ask for reclassifications, additional deputies and a CID position; sheriff cites $1M in recent recoveries
Summary
DPS asked that two office positions be reclassified to reflect records/administrative duties and the sheriff asked for new deputies, a CID sergeant focused on auto theft and a vehicle; the sheriff also said the office recovered about $1,000,000 in property last month and is exploring a US Marshals partnership to offset overtime.
A Department of Public Safety representative asked the court to change two county-funded positions to records-clerk classifications and to raise their pay to be comparable with sheriff's office admins. DPS said the current secretarial titles understate the scope of work, which includes records retention, case submissions and high-volume citation processing.
The sheriff's office requested additional deputy positions, a CID sergeant focused on auto theft, and a CID vehicle; the sheriff's representative said recent recoveries totaled about $1,000,000 in the prior month and proposed using a U.S. Marshals agreement to embed a street-crime investigator with overtime mostly covered by the Marshals.
Commissioners signaled support for reclassification and salary alignment for the DPS positions and asked the auditor to model the fiscal hit. The CID and deputy requests were acknowledged as public-safety priorities but identified as high-cost items that must be weighed against other budget demands.
