The Pierce County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) has strengthened their temporary incentives for new hires as they struggle to stay staffed. FOX13
According to a Wednesday press release from PCSO, they will now give lateral hires from other departments $25,000 along with 80 hours of both vacation and sick leave. Entry level hires will receive $10,000, Pierce County Corrections Deputies that move from corrections to law enforcement will receive $12,000.
Pierce County employees who refer an applicant the gets hired will now receive $5,000. Before these incentives were increased, employee referral bonuses were only $500. According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, numbers for this year show crime is up. Car thefts are up about 130%, commercial burglaries are up nearly 90%, and armed robberies are up 176%.
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