7/3/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

JUL 11984 Boor 5 ;�, E5 4 move out into law enforcement. Commissioner Bird felt if the County takes over this operation and gives these people some incentive to work up within the jail operation, it may help solve this problem, but he was concerned that we may have to increase the pay grade considerably to get good quality personnel and keep them. Sheriff Dobeck felt that if the Commission does decide to take over the jail and will follow the guideline for salaries which his department has prepared during the last three years, that there will be quite a number of people applying. He further believed those salaries would serve to professionalize the jail personnel. There always were some who were willing to work in the jail for $11,000 or $12,000 with the thought that within two years they would be able to get out on the road, but these people could go to school on their own and then move on with the result that the investment in their corrections training was lost. Administrator Wright agreed that the biggest problem is the constant turnover and staffing with inexperienced people. Chairman Scurlock noted that the seminar stressed the need for training since the state is going to mandate improved professional standards for jailers, and the salaries obviously will have to go up. The Chairman stated that he actually looked at this in the light of risk management since one untrained person could open us up to liability that could quickly add up to much more than the increase in salary. He believed we never will be able to go back to $10,000 a year jailers because of the possibility of millions of dollars in civil rights actions. Commissioner Bird felt that the Sheriff has indicated that the salary levels that we would be adopting if we take this on are not too far out of line, and Administrator Wright agreed that they would be in the ballpark. MUM � _ J M