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Forgot about new hires do something to keep your current staff from leaving. How will you maintain staff when the current ones are leaving.
Give incentives or bonuses to existing staff too for retention.
Would love to see more officers etc… We need them to address the car and catalytic converter thefts, other property crimes, homeless issues and other problems that can’t be addressed now.
Also, how can the public help the CCSO?
Agree with all but the issue of homelessness. How we as a community handle our poorest and most vulnerable is NOT a policing issue, unless you believe the best way to manage them is to ostracize or arrest them.
we have already tried everything to handle our most mentally ill and drug dependent population. Thing is it’s not us, it’s them. How do you solve a problem like Maria.
The people who set the budget for Clark County Sheriff’s department need to step up and do their job. Public safety hangs in the balance.
Take the needed funds from the Administrative side of the County ledger. We all know the pork that resides there. Thank You.
The reasons that law enforcement personnel are leaving needs to be addressed. Money isn’t the only issue. Community support and understanding of what they face when confronting criminals, courts and politicians up for reelection, needs to be considered.
Back the men & women in green with green. ….. Also as community members let’s remember to thank our precious Deputies at every opportunity.
New and current need to be properly taken care of and supported even though the few woke dingalings disagree and make noise. We need to start enforcing laws and maintaining our city before we become Seattle or Portland. Look at the tents and garbage on the Mill Plain on ramp and other areas in town. We have to stand up before it’s too far gone.
Homelessness is not a police issue. We need to help the right-wing dingalings understand that and then we can work together to fix it. We cannot claim to be a modern society, or compassionate, or especially to follow Jesus if our answer to the poorest is “arrest or ostracize them.”
I say yes, but when I look at national averages, what we pay is not bad at all; it is on par with Mulnomah CO, for e.g.
I’m not sure why we would have retention problems at $70k+ average, but we should find and fix it. I want deputies who join as young people and eventually retire from service here; that’s how you keep a strong police force.