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.
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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.
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It’s a lockup on its last days.
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