09/09/2010 – Sheriff Asks For More Officers



Sheriff Amadeos Ortiz personally went to Commissioners Court to ask for the budget to be increased to add 27 more officers.  The deputies are required to escort inmates to the hospital for medical treatment.  Those escorts take away from the regular duties performed by the officers.  The jail being short-handed means there will not be enough officers to safely watch the inmates.  That can lead to inmates getting hurt by other inmates, officers getting hurt by inmates and failed jail inspections which make the whole County appear in a bad light.

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