Really? We have five units on our squad instead of the required 12. We dont even have mid shift units. Not even 1 or 2 like some squads usually do, and that is not even enough! We need 8 or so mid shift units like we had years ago. We are ****ing slammed! A colonel position created just for a special person. Wow! Just wow! As if the creation of D5 did not creat enough command positions for special people while leaving the SAME EXACT, if not less, number of short handed deputies on the street! Nothing improved for patrol. In fact, in order to minimally staff D5, the very important mid shift was done away with county wide.
This is what I have noticed in the last 5 years or so... More neighborhoods, more apartment complexes, more businesses, more traffic, more bad people moving in from other areas, more section 8, More calls, more crime, more crashes, more BS useless paperwork, more crazy people, more supervisors, more commanders, more districts, more colonels, more micromanaging, more stress, more people quitting....
Less deputies.
Bravo HCSO