RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco tomorrow will request the Board of Supervisors’ authorization to hike the blanket rate charged to 16 cities and other contract entities for the use of patrol deputies and support services associated with operations.
The sheriff is seeking a 7% increase in the base hourly rate charged for the use of patrol personnel. The augmentation, which officials said is needed to recoup higher costs incurred by the department, would be retroactive to July 1, 2024.
Under the revised rate schedule, the cost of a sheriff’s patrol deputy would rise from $214.47 per hour to $229.55 per hour…