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Sheriff Walker Says His Department Will be Fully Staffed This Year For First Time in His Tenure

A DeWitt County law enforcement official says his department has been lucky the staffing issues plaguing law enforcement agencies across the country have spared them and points out his office will be fully staffed this year for the first time in his tenure.

 

DeWitt County Sheriff Mike Walker told Regional Radio News on the WHOW Morning Show they have two individuals currently training in Decatur and once they are on board, his office will be fully staffed since he was sworn in in 2018. 

 

 

Sheriff Walker called his department lucky to be able to be in the position they are when there are so many areas of not just Illinois but the country, struggling to keep officers and find officers.

 

 

Small town police departments are touting the overall positivity their communities show towards law enforcement and its police officers. Sheriff Walker believes that is one thing that they also have going for them.

 

 

Sheriff Walker Monday also gave several of his deputies props for the things they did to make sure they would be able to work and be there for the community during treacherous times. During last week's winter, he points out he had several officers go above and beyond to make sure they were on duty when they were supposed to be.

 

 

Like many departments across the state and country, Sheriff Walker says they have changed some things up to recruit potential officers and have joined networks to get their job listings out to those candidates as well. 

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