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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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The Archive Zone: by Hillary Mohr from the Illinois Valley News archives
This week we flashback 15 years to May 15, 2002.
After a two year reprieve from a levy the Josephine
County Sheriff’s Office find themselves laying off
deputies due to lack of funding. Get ready for history to
yet again repeat itself in this week’s Archive Zone.
Budget lack equals loss of 13 deputies. Faced
with budget constraints, Sheriff Dave Daniel (not the
current Dave Daniel) announced that he will be forced
to lay off several deputies and close all the substations
with the exception of the one in Cave Junction.
“Because of the distance (from Grants Pass), I felt it
important to keep the substation open,” said Daniel.
He also stressed that Illinois Valley and the county will
continue to have 24-hour law enforcement, and that
his office is still firmly committed to responding to
every call, but that it will take longer than previously.
“Follow-up is where the effects will be most evident,”
said Daniel, explaining that he has had to decrease
his detective force by half, moving detectives Wayne
Dykes and Mario Torres to patrol duty. Daniel also
explained that among his budget requests was $795,000
from the Josephine County Budget Committee, which
includes the three Josephine County Commissioners.
A significant portion of the request, $430,000, was to
replace federal grant money, which will run out June
30 for 2001-02 fiscal year. “The county commissioners
signed a contract with the federal government
committing themselves to providing that money when
the federal grant money ran out,” said Daniel, “and they
chose not to.
“In addition to the loss of grant funding, the
cost of operating has increased, PERS (retirement
benefits) costs more, health care costs have gone up,”
said Daniel. “I wasn’t requesting funding for anything
extra; just to be able to continue the same level of law
enforcement service to the county.”
While several deputies will be laid off, affecting
the Operations Division, staff levels at the Josephine
County Adult Correction Facility will remain the same.
Daniel explained that the jail is a crucial component
to the county’s criminal justice system. Daniel chose
to make cuts from union and non-union employees,
shifting some patrol deputies to positions with the
jail. In addition to having reduced patrol deputies, the
Community Oriented Police program will end. The
lay-offs will take effect beginning July 1, with the
beginning of the 2002-03 fiscal year.
Tales from the Police Blotter. *After a woman
with three different last names told a deputy that
someone nearly ran her off the road near Cave Junction,
she was counseled about integrity. *In Kerby, a man
was taken into custody under a peace officer’s mental
hold after a report that, among other actions, he said
he was going to blow up the world. *Someone in Cave
Junction claimed to have hired a hit man for two other
people.
Dalegowski feels the current contract with
the county has been “pretty productive, while
not during the times we want them, but I do
see progress being made,” and he added, “We
need to maintain what we have, in order to build
something better.”
The release cited a $2.1 million reduction of
federal revenue to the sheriff’s office budget set
for fiscal year 2017-2018; 17 positions are set to
be eliminated from the sheriff’s office.
The release also stated that at this time, there
is no replacement to the lost revenue in sight
which requires the layoff notices be provided to
employees. Should no other source of revenue be
provided the employees are set to be laid off May
31, 2017. This would require the sheriff’s office
patrol division be eliminated as state mandated
services, but services such as correctional and
civil responsibilities must remain.
The Josephine County Corrections Division
will reduce inmate capacity from the current 130
inmates down to 95.
Contractual positions with the Bureau of
Land Management, State Marine Board and a
seasonal United States Forest Service Deputy will
remain.
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