Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond reflects on his career after five decades in law enforcement

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond reflects on his career after five decades in law enforcement

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We have the are charity this morning to spend a few moments with pamela county sheriff jim hammond sure pamela would shake her head with the table and you might expect, hop everything is going well for you, hodgepodge of questions fo the job.

Wanted to ask you right off the bat.

Number one the top bug that one of the top topics.

Everyone's been talking about is the transition we went from cca to core civic now take it over to some people might be curious as to why the sheriff's office wasn't running jail first went to jail with the work else is i this county number under privat management.

One of the few counties in the whole state.

That's where you and wonder why was observed in your life.

Ther were a dog about five years ago baird on her conversation this it's it's better served if it's on the sheriff that prisoners moved back to so love of the commissioners voted to let me take over the work else were yo go about 1200 prisoners out there.

I've got 500 downtown jail it just made more sense to consolidate window full consolidation.

I sent some people out there is oversight still under private contract in about three weeks ago course of the analysis.as of december, they decided they want to move on after all these years by the other person with business of very quickly.

I think it'll you and your team have been advocating for a while the jail downtown is not safe.

What we had happened a few weeks ago proved that a bill crystal- clear so the new facility or not.

The new facility but what is what's the biggest obstacle if you will, between moving the operations from the jail downtown out to the silverdale timeline having to do it between now and the last day of decembe, tough.

I think i can make that transition protective ring in present cost of not less than regular driver one of the things is helping you pursue your numbers pell-mell because of we've had about 500 less prisoners over the last five months that's going to be a cost savings to help me.

We renovation things i needed.

We were already working on a 20,00, 000 dollars expansion with the commission approved two years ago to the father.

Laundry facilities are so probably the best time he forgot to do it.

This is the best time to scuttl me a financially at circulation churros upwards of a big-ticket item we were on talking for little meter you been in the sheriff's office now for about 50 years to which i actually attached sheriff's office in th lower 40 rattles off some of the programs that you have been instrumental in developing for the heavily cottage to someone in the other day in and start writing down some of the most lower fifth good.

I was forced to come up with the list we nee to be business better socially civil service.

The bridge plan for officers and their prey.

Th creation of the corporal solution.

The drone system mounted horse patrol scholarship funds for officers chaplain for the jail chaplain for the road and i could just go all in on the latest is now in the news as a fuse program which is our ability to take right now about 7,000,000 dollars of federal money to impact over 100 of our image, or simply jail because i have mental health and people.

A lot of people don't get the fact that that's exactly why some of those folks origin cause mental health.

This i think there's so many families are impacted by biblical bridges prisoners are no exception to the rule.

I've moms and dads of brothers and sisters are just so frustrated that i can't get help for their loved one image in your correct a lot of never belong in the jail would be be in the middle health treatment program which this country has failed us all right in the last arrears.

With this big right.

The federal government were impacted by brain hospitals, psychiatric services, all kinds of treatment plans are of interest to be one thing.

This really exciting tha we get to be a part of is you guys are putting together a book, looking back at what 200 years of hamilton county sheriff's office.

We are in the 200.

Now you conclude about.

I've been promised by the publishers.

The history will be ready.

We did one about 40 years ago so this is, swan song for me to repeat to the history of the temperature so one of the problems i have turn down start juices when you race your history bill so you are destine to repeat his drive so we need to learn better there should be places for the i do agree some of them are not an appropriate place.

We we should voice our history.

We need to honor our history in the good points in terms help of the school board in the bible which publishers remember, don't you and hopefully i'll come back and join us when this book is ready for publication lot has happene 200 just the sheriff's office placed will appoint order to make this morning.

Also, you have i think it's pretty smart idea elected to meme's successo well general counsel jeff chief counsel, social title is actually a big burden, so much so the last years old to tell m the bears, all staff, one very good taylor county council for strobe bulletin and he said you know.

Have you ever considered everything else fails and i saw looked around so the sheriff went an option that was just labor ps3 modules to so based on the attic, consulted with the commission and the mayor.

I advertised a memorable lawyer supply.

We are except a young lady comes well represented in terms of her education, family background, this article will editing the board this morning.

Yeah and she's got to obviously great folks to work for him to work with.

I wish we had more time sure him away and leave it there was one stick around and will things for a report like you so much for joining us and the broader culture wonderful hamilton county.