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Rappahannock County,” Wittl noted.
“When I decided to run for sheriff last January, my wife immediately put in a resignation of her commission. We thought it would take six months for her to be released and we planned to move here in June or July so I could campaign full time. But the Air Force has a nursing shortage. They kept her until November 15— that’s her discharge date,” the candidate said.
Wittl added that he and his wife have two small children. “Someone had to take care of them full time so I wasn’t able to return to Rappahannock and campaign as I had planned...But if I’m elected, I will be a full time sheriff and I’ll serve you full time,” he pledged.
Judy Hitt asked the candidates to explain how’ they proposed to staff a midnight patrol shift.
“A midnight shift is something we should try to institute,” said Orfila. “But it will take a sheriff who is willing to work 15, 16 hours per day, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. That’s the bottom line.”
Hitt noted that Orfila had said previously he would use dispatchers for road duty if the jail wasn’t full.
Orfila confirmed that he proposed eventually to use combination corrections officers/dispatchers as fill-in road deputies to offset the manpower shortage in the department.
“Then who answers the calls at the jail if an emergency comes in?” asked Hitt.
“I can’t answer that yet because we don’t have the jail and the dispatch center organized now. Our staffing structure is not set up yet,” Orfila replied.
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