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Sheriff Cox highlights recruitment, service programs and homelessness response
Summary
Sheriff Cox reported on swearing-in of new deputies, a police academy, juvenile and community programs, jail health-care procurement and homelessness supports; he urged vigilance at school bus stops and described SRO shortfalls at elementary schools.
Sheriff Cox told the Police Accountability Board the sheriff's office has sworn in new deputies, launched a police academy, and is pursuing an RFP to improve correctional health services at the county jail.
"We swore in new deputies, during this quarter," the sheriff said, and added the police academy began Monday. He noted recognition of Deputy Parks for youth work and described a week-long junior sheriff program for middle-school students. The sheriff said the county is pursuing a contract to provide better inmate health care and is researching vendors and costs for jail accreditation.
On homelessness, Cox said Prince Frederick has the highest concentration of people experiencing homelessness and described a county-purchased house intended to provide services and transportation to resources. He also urged residents to watch school bus stops and reported the county is six deputies short of placing a school resource officer in every elementary school; middle and high schools are covered. "We are the safest county in the state, and I like to stand on," he said.
