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Sheriffs’ rep calls county budget plan devastating

TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012

by Jill LufranoCourtesy of the Sparks Tribune RENO — Washoe County commissioners Monday approved a $169 million fiscal year 2012-2013 budget with no layoffs through June 2013. The budget eliminates 51 vacant full-time employee positions and calls for $6.3 million in departmental operating reductions, while providing an 8 percent end balance and no tax rate increase. However, several county employees face salary cuts this fiscal year, and the 51 eliminated positions put public safety at risk, acc...

Deputy Sheriff Recruit Job – Washoe County – Reno, Nevada

WEDNESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2012

Washoe County Position Title: Deputy Sheriff RecruitPosition Type: Civilian Closing Date: 12/28/2012 Job Description Whether you are looking for a career for the first time, changing careers or returning from military service, deciding what career is right for you can be confusing. The right choice can offer you the right opportunities; professional advancement, a rewarding work environment, diversity in job options, service to your community and attractive benefits. At the Washoe County Sheriff...

Arbitrator’s ruling gives pay increase to Washoe County Sheriff’s Deputies Super User

WEDNESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2012

RENO – Washoe County sheriff’s deputies and supervisors will be getting a raise under a ruling by an arbitrator who said the county had the funds to pay for it. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the 3.1 percent pay raise for 414 members of the Washoe County Deputies Association and its supervisory group will cost the county about $1.3 million this year. County officials said the pay increase is the equivalent of 13 deputy positions and could require cost-cutting measures elsewhere in the budget, ...

Active shooters in schools: The enemy is denial

SATURDAY, 05 JANUARY 2013

“How many kids have been killed by school fire in all of North America in the past 50 years? Kids killed… school fire… North America… 50 years… How many? Zero. That’s right. Not one single kid has been killed by school fire anywhere in North America in the past half a century. Now, how many kids have been killed by school violence?” So began an extraordinary daylong seminar presented by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, a Pulitzer Prize nominated author, West Point psychology professor, and without a doub...

FAQ of the Month

TUESDAY, 22 JULY 2014

There is an abandoned vehicle in my neighborhood. Who do I call to report it? If the abandoned vehicle is located in the unincorporated areas of Washoe County, you can report an abandoned vehicle on a public street to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Front Desk at 328-3001. If the abandoned vehicle is in Reno, call Reno Direct at 334-4636. If the abandoned vehicle is in Sparks, call the Sparks Police Department at 353-2231. Taken From the Community Partnership Connection Newsletter