DENVER (KDVR) — The Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that it eliminated 13 positions that have been in place for years after a reduced 2026 budget was adopted.
The sheriff’s office said that the positions were eliminated as of Jan. 9. The reduced funding impacts will also go beyond staffing, the sheriff’s office said, limiting training, equipment and operational capacity.
“Nearly every aspect of our Sheriff’s Office will be affected,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a press release.
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13 positions across the sheriff’s office eliminated
The sheriff’s office said no frontline detention deputies, patrol deputies or supervisory positions were eliminated in order to preserve core responsibilities to keep the peace and operate the county jail…