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No bonus for dispatchers
Sheriff John Henry Woodward asked that his dispatchers, who also double as matrons for female inmates at the jail, be given a $2,000 supplemental bonus each for the extra duties. He explained that the state compensation board, which fixes the salaries for dispatchers, does not allow them to be paid extra for the double duty which they perform.
The sheriff maintained that allows him to save the extra cost of hiring female correctional officers to handle the women prisoners held at the jail. “For the extra duties the dispatchers do - anything you could give them, they would appreciate it. They’re over there 24 hours a day.”
“You call that hard work?” asked Supervisor Lane.
“Hard mental work, yes,” the sheriff replied.
“When is the increase in law enforcement going to level off?” asked Mr. Henry.
“It’s not. . . the General Assembly is going to mandate one deputy per 1,500 people (an increase from the present one per 2,000),” Sheriff Woodward told the board.
“I disagree with the qualifications for dispatchers,” Mr. Lane repeated. “It seems like anyone with experience with a CB radio and a good education could handle it.”
“I feel that the compensation set by the state board is adequate,” Mr. Henry agreed.
Sheriff Woodward also asked for an increase of $4,500 in the line item for police supplies, primarily to replace the department’s aging car radios and to purchase portable radios so that his deputies can maintain contact with the dispatcher when they are away from their cars.
The board cut $3,000 from the
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