Commissioners Approve $4M In Overtime For Bexar County Jailers

Bexar County Commissioners are providing the funding for overtime at the county jail for the last four months of the fiscal year. The commissioners' court on Tuesday approved a request from the sheriff's office for nearly four-million-dollars. The funds will pay for more than 96-thousand overtime hours at the jail from June through September. Sheriff Javier Salazar says the overtime is needed to maintain proper staffing for the period. He says pandemic protocols, a large inmate population, and frequent turnover among jailers is making it tough to maintain proper staffing levels.


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