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MEMORANDUM
TO: Tina Scott, Chair, Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian L. Martin, Sheriff/Coroner
DATE: February 12, 2019
SUBJECT: Consideration of (a) Proposal to restructure the Sheriff's Department; and (b) Resolution amending Resolution No. 2018-132 establishing position allocations for fiscal year 2018-2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Sheriff's Department is requesting a management level reorganization as part of a restructuring and to significantly change its business practices due to a long history of vacancies in particular classifications and is requesting to reorganize in order to meet the demand in another way.
If approved, the results will be as follows:
Eliminate the existing Sheriff's Lieutenant (2 vacant) and Captain (1 vacant) positions in the Sheriff/Coroner budget 2201 and change the title to Chief Deputy.
Eliminate the existing vacant Central Dispatch Manager (civilian) position in the Sheriff/Dispatch budget 2202 and change the title to Chief Deputy.
Eliminate the existing Correctional Captain (civilian) position in the Sheriff/Jail budget 2301 and change the title to Chief Deputy. The current unfunded positions will remain unfunded at this time.
Affected allocations by BU
BU 2201 BU2201
2 Captain (Sworn) 7 Chief Deputies (Sworn)
5 Lieutenant (Sworn)
BU 2202 BU2202
1 Central Dispatch Manager 1 Chief Deputy (Sworn)
BU 2301 BU2301
1 Correctional Captain 1 Chief Deputy (Sworn)
The department has a long history of failed recruitment efforts for the position of Central Dispatch Manager. Leadership struggles have been a reoccurring challenge and in response, the two previous Sheriffs have assigned sworn personnel to the facility to "right the ship" and turn it back over to the subsequent civilian manager. For...
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