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Sheriff outlines FY27 budget priorities, requests deputies and $15,000 for Project Lifesaver
Summary
Sheriff Lehi Hill briefed the Board on the sheriff's office budget priorities for FY27, highlighting courtroom security, transport demands, recruitment challenges and a request for $15,000 to expand the Project Lifesaver tracking program.
Sheriff Lehi Hill presented the sheriff's FY27 budget request to the Board of County Supervisors on Nov. 18, framing staffing and operational needs around courtroom security, transportation of inmates and juvenile transport demands.
Hill said courtroom security needs have grown and he plans to request 12 full‑time uniformed positions (six assigned to courthouse operations and six to field operations), as well as a leading business service specialist and a communications analyst to handle procurement and quartermaster duties. He described increased hours for courtroom security and transports and explained that transports to distant facilities often require deputies to stay overnight, removing them from regular duties the next day.
On equipment and programs the sheriff asked the board to fund, Hill requested $15,000 to support Project Lifesaver — the county’s program that provides tracking bracelets for missing adults and children with cognitive impairments — to process a backlog of applications. "The 15,000 that I'm asking for is simply an amount to help us buy additional equipment," he said. Hill also described community programs (senior safe, gun safety) and noted accreditation and other workload statistics.
Board members asked about juvenile‑court changes that limit restraints and how that affects staffing. Hill said the legislative change requires more deputies in courtrooms and contributed to the staffing request.
