In November, Arnott had reported a need to hire 135 detention officers. “That actually saves about $95 million over 20 years.” “Instead of being on multiple floors, where we would have had to replicate staff, since the facility is spread out we can use the indirect supervision model,” Dixon said. “Having the Sheriff’s Office under one roof for the first time in 40 years is really a good thing for us.”īoth Dixon and Arnott stressed the cost savings to be realized in the new jail. “This is a great day of celebration for the county and for the citizens,” Dixon said. The jail will be fully functional in about a month, with prisoners to be moved by June 1, though the date of the transfer is not being disclosed for security reasons, according to Greene County Presiding Commissioner Bob Dixon. Now I can come in and have a better connection to everybody.” “I have 621 employees, and where I was at before I had like 25-30. “Now we’re able to kind of have all operations, the jail, everything, in one facility,” said Sheriff Jim Arnott in an interview after the ceremony. State Highway EE, just south of the Springfield-Branson National Airport, the building puts the Sheriff’s Office under one roof. A cornerstone dedication ceremony was followed by tours this morning at the newly completed $127 million Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Jail.
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