Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez asked commissioners for a 7% increase in funding, saying deputies are being stretched thin amid an increase in fatal car crashes.
Criminal justice and public safety took center stage during the first annual budget meeting for Harris County Commissioners.During the first annual budget meeting for Harris County Commissioners on Tuesday, criminal justice and public safety took center stage during public comment.
At the county jail, Gonzalez said they have 178 vacancies with a starting pay of about $20 an hour. His agency is seeing staff leave for higher-paying jobs at other police departments.Deputy 'is critical but stable' after being shot during traffic stop in NE Harris Co., sheriff says A $7.4 million increase to the public defender's office for the first year of its expansion to represent half of all cases in the next two years
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