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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 12 > Sheriff’s Office saves $1M by not filling jobs

Sheriff’s Office saves $1M by not filling jobs

County crime rate hasn’t increased, but sheriff warns that could change

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin
July 12, 2009

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office saved roughly $1 million on wages and benefits in the last fiscal year, in part because the sheriff decided not to fill two patrol deputy and two corrections deputy openings for now.

If the Sheriff’s Office had hired the full 220....

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