The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office needs dozens more patrol vehicles and hundreds more detention officers and sergeants, Sheriff Paul Penzone told county supervisors in a budget meeting last week.
The department is asking for a $426 million budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which begins in July. The amount is preliminary; the county board of supervisors can change it for the final budget, which will be adopted in June. This amount would be a 1.8% decrease from the $434 million MCSO budget for the current fiscal year.
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