County OKs Deputy Pay Raise

The Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday approved a pay increase for sheriff’s office patrol deputies and command staff. The $1.50, $2 and $2.50 per hour raises Sheriff Ben Wolfinger’s officers are getting will exclude detention deputies who work at the jail. Wolfinger also is excluded. The level of pay increase will depend on years of service at the sheriff’s office. Officers in special duty will get more money for those services, too. “This is something that I campaigned on,” said Commission Chairman David Stewart. Stewart said he met with Wolfinger many times and collaborated with him on the pay increase proposal. “The sheriff’s office has been losing patrol deputies to other jurisdictions for better pay,” Stewart said/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

About time?