(The Center Square) – The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing staffing shortage has some county leaders considering a sales tax to provide more revenue for the department.
As of July 18, the department has 25 vacant positions and is operating at a deficit of 47 positions throughout the department as a whole, according to PCSO Bureau Chief of Operations Rusty Wilder.
Wilder presented a department update to the Pierce County Public Safety Committee on Monday. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office patrols about 86% of the 1,808 total square miles in the region, including unincorporated areas of the county where there are a total of 13 deputies and one sergeant patrol some 400,000 residents…