The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office has lost eight patrol deputies to better-paying law enforcement jobs in Spokane since August 2013. Kootenai County commissioners met with sheriff's office leadership on Thursday to discuss the need for salary increases as a means to retain patrol and jail deputies working for the county. Commissioner David Stewart said for every deputy who leaves to go to another agency, the county loses a minimum of $30,000 in training costs. "This has gone on for many years and it's something that's going to take time to fix; it's not something that's going to happen overnight," Stewart said. "But you have to start somewhere. We need to figure out how we can correct this problem and stop Spokane and other jurisdictions from using us as a training grounds for their departments"/Keith Cousins, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Do you blame Kootenai County deputies for jumping to better paying jobs in Spokane?