How Much Do Trusties Save Us

Well this one cost us 32,000.
From daltondailycitizen.com

State inmate still resides at county jail

Associated Press
— KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — William Daniel Murrell was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for manufacturing methamphetamine, but two years later he still is lodged in the Camden County jail — at a cost to county taxpayers of $32,000.According to the Clerk of Court Office, the paperwork to have Murrell transferred to the Georgia Department of Corrections was sent to the Sheriff’s Office the day after his conviction, Nov. 24, 2004.Lt. William Terrell, chief spokesman for the sheriff, said he didn’t know why Murrell’s paperwork has not been filed in two years.“We are looking into the status of William Murrell’s paperwork,” Terrell told the Georgia Times-Union, which inquired about why the 50-year-old inmate is still in the county jail.The newspaper said Murrell recently was at the scene of an accident where another inmate, Anthony Van Lewis, broke a hip when he crashed a personal watercraft owned by the Sheriff’s Office into a private dock.Witnesses said Lewis and another inmate, Carl Jason Hawkins, had been riding on the watercraft while Murrell waited at a boat ramp on Sept. 16. The three were out of jail doing work as trusties, but they were not being supervised by officers at the time of the accident, the Times-Union said.A few days later, Sheriff Bill Smith announced he would meet with county officials to discuss concerns about the trusty program, and steps he would take to prevent similar problems.Smith accepted responsibility for the incident but never explained to the county commission why the inmates were unsupervised. The sheriff told commissioners he needed more deputies to oversee the inmates, and a few weeks later they authorized funding for 11 new deputies, the newspaper said.
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Reviewing the Red:
So we were told how much money they save us, but they never told us how much money they cost when the Sheriff does not do his job. If the Commissioners do not stand up tonight and demand answer I will also ask them all to resign as well. If the Sheriff refuses to cooperate than cut funding. Then not only will the commissioners demand answer so will the people. Give them just enough to operate. The commissioners hold the purse strings. It's time for at least one of them to stand up and demand answers. The problem with the Jet Ski's as Bill Smith put it is that he did not have enough officers. This time the trusty beat the system. What will the excuse be next time.