Previously:
• Is Garrett Scott the Familiar Fresh Face the DNSO Needs to Right Its Staffing, Image Problems?
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In the 17 years Lt. Daniel Schneck has been with the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, he says he’s never seen patrol staff as low as it has been recently.
When he appeared before the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors last month, Schneck said the ability to provide 24-hour patrol would suffer if a proposed repeal of Measure R, the county’s 1 percent sales tax measure, was successful.
But, according to Schneck, it’s already a struggle to provide 24-hour law enforcement coverage in Del Norte County. He said he only has two deputies to cover the entire county during the day and at night. With 14 open positions out of a total of 26, if a deputy goes out on long-term leave due to an injury, Schneck said he would have to implement “modified shifts.”
“This is probably the worst I’ve ever seen it,” he told the Wild Rivers Outpost, referring to the level of patrol staff at the DNSO. “We’ve always been short on patrol, but we’ve always had two boating deputies we could pull from or our investigations unit had a sergeant and seven deputies assigned. All of that stuff now is gone.”
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