Roseville Police Chief Ready To Close Jail As Soon As This Month
ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — Roseville's police chief says he wants to close his jail for good and do it as early as this month.
The long-planned slammer shutdown is suddenly speeding up, because Chief Daniel Hahn says he's running out of jail employees. Since he announced the eventual closure, employees have been leaving.
"I personally don't think we need a jail when we have the county jail in our city," he said.
The once full-time jail has turned part time. Roseville employed 10 officers at full jail staffing. That's turned to just four now, including a supervisor making roughly $80,000 a year. Hahn says all of them earn their pay, despite the jail's dwindling hours.
"Well, the jail's not closed because we want it to be closed; the jail is closed when we don't have the employees available," he said. "So I wouldn't say it's a waste of money, the jailers serve as jailers when they're able to."
It's a lockup on its last days.
"In terms of the grand scheme of us having a jail, we agree. the county has opened a jail in our city and we no longer believe that we need a jail," he said.
