Cascade County Commissioners moved during their Tuesday morning meeting to approve a collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union for a raise for Adult Detention Officers.
Detention Officers will now make $21 per hour, a raise from $19 per hour, per Undersheriff Corey Reeves. This raise is effective as of Tuesday morning, as commissioners moved to approve a memorandum that expedited the process in order to allow human resources to recruit new officers at the increased wage rate.
“We're about 15, 16 detention officers down, currently, right now, which is quite a few,” Reeves said during the meeting. “We're hoping with the new numbers we will see a big turnaround.”