SNOW HILL – Three new officers, increased overtime costs and the need to update equipment highlighted the budget request presented by Sheriff Reggie Mason this week.
During a work session Tuesday, Mason presented the Worcester County Commissioners with a request for just under $8 million in funding for the coming year. The request is 11 percent more than the department received for the current fiscal year.
“I know it’s hard and money is tight but if we want to keep Worcester County safe I need money and equipment to do the job,” Mason said.
The budget proposed by Mason includes a 9 percent increase in personnel funding to allow for the hiring of three new deputies and to cover rising overtime costs. The department had $237,910 budgeted for overtime in FY 2017 but as of Dec. 31 had already exceeded that amount. This year, Mason is requesting $463,409 for overtime.
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Maybe they need to look at Dorchester County or even to Salisbury and review the 12 hour schedule which maintains more people on the road and less spending on overtime. Plus I hear they have a few that are just riding around making a ton of money anyway, and sometimes i hear like 20 on the scanner.
ReplyDeleteIf they spent more time patrolling county roads, and less time patrolling state roads that are the responsibility of the state police, they would waste less time and money that could be used for other things. They spend far to much time and resources duplicating law enforcement already being performed by other government services.
ReplyDeleteNo. Next question.
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