The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request 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.
In a 5-0 vote without comment Tuesday, the board signed off on the sheriff’s 8.85% 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, will be retroactive to July 1, 2025.
Under the revised rate schedule, the cost of a sheriff’s patrol deputy will rise from $229.55 per hour to $249.86 per hour…