PLYMOUTH – The cost to the county involved in staffing difficulties at the Marshall County Sheriff’s office was a topic at the meeting of the Marshall County Council on Monday night.
As a result he asked the Council for an additional appropriation from the General Fund of $48,000 to cover overtime costs.
McFarland went on to tell the Council that they had modified their field training to try to get new officers in the field faster, but noted that after the first of the year they would have four new officers undergoing that training who would need to be paired with a current deputy in that process. Currently with the manpower issues McFarland said he currently had two officers on each shift as opposed to a normal three.
McFarland’s request was granted with a unanimous vote.
