The Tehama County Deputy Sheriff’s Assn. placed the blame squarely on the county's Board of Supervisors. The board accused the office of publicizing a structural weakness to criminals right before the holiday season
A Northern California sheriff’s office plans to suspend daytime patrols starting this week, citing “a catastrophic staffing shortage” throughout the agency.
The California Highway Patrol will respond to life-threatening emergencies during the hours that the Sheriff’s Office is unable to provide patrol services, according to last week’s announcement. It is unclear when daytime patrols will return. Earlier this year, due to similar staffing issues, the office had to shut down its dispatch center and contract with the city of Red Bluff’s police department to provide dispatch services for at least a couple of months, Bakken said.
“The problem right now is that there are very few people who are looking to go into law enforcement, more specifically corrections,” said Bakken, who has been with the Sheriff’s office for about 22 years. “Being that we are the lower paid in the area, we can’t compete for the very few possible applicants that are out there.”
The board said it had directed county staff to begin a compensation study in September 2021. Before the study, base pay for deputy sheriffs topped out at $5,593 per month, according to the board. That will now increase to $6,871 per month. For a correctional deputy, that will increase from $4,947 to $5,326 per month.
It continued by criticizing the Sheriff’s Office for the message it sent to the public: “What is new is a willingness to publicize this structural weakness to criminals right before the holiday season and declare open season on our law-abiding residents and visitors.”On the Tehama County Deputy Sheriff’s Assn. Facebook post, one commenter said, referring to carrying a concealed weapon, “it’s more or less a message to the people with ccw’s to get ready to take over day shift.
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