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Opportunities arise when tight budgets run up against campaign promises

New Harris County Democratic Sheriff Adrian Garcia is looking for ways to make good on his promise to boost the number of deputies on patrol while safely running an already understaffed jail during an economic downturn. The Houston Chronicle reports ("Sheriff is facing complex recruiting, staffing issues," Jan. 7) that while "his first priority will be filling about 60 vacant positions in the patrol division," Garcia:said he would like to move some or all of the 425 deputies assigned to the jail to patrol jobs, but they would have to be replaced by civilian jailers. The Sheriff's Department historically has struggled to find people willing to take that job, though nearly all of the approximately 630 civilian positions in the jail currently are filled...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).