$16.01.
That’s the starting hourly wage for a new, inexperienced deputy in the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
$13.23.
That’s the starting hourly wage for a new, inexperienced guard in the Adams County Jail.
Those officers receive training, of course, before they are set out to do their jobs. And they are considered for modest, periodic wage increases.
But $16.01 an hour to put on a uniform, holster, gun, radio and body camera, then head out to a shift and not be certain you will make it home?
It must be a calling. That’s the only reason I can figure that law enforcement officers would risk what they do on a daily basis to keep others in their community safe.
Sunday was a tough day in Adams County. A family lost a brother, son, father. A woman suffered severe injury. Thankfully, reports are that she will recover.
Two Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies will live with the fact that a man came at them, gun blazing, and tried to end their lives. Imagine those seconds and minutes playing over and over in your mind.
One of our deputies will live for the rest of his life knowing he was forced to take the life of another man.
You can bet this event affected more than the two ACSO deputies involved in the shooting. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is very much a family of individuals who work together in often-difficult circumstances, suffer frustrations together and celebrate successes together while serving this community. Two of their own were in peril and suffered...
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