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Sarasota News Leader June 28, 2013 POLICY AND STATISTICS According to graphs Knight and his executive staff presented to the County Commission, the cost per capita for the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office as of April 1, 2011 was $352. That compared with a statewide average of $464 among sheriff's offices. Manatee County had a cost of $362, while Charlotte County's expense was $395. Page 17 379 will be civilians; the remaining 208, certified corrections officers. The Sheriff's Office has 1.3 deputies per 1,000 population, Col. Steve Burns told the commissioners. Nationwide, the average for sheriff's offices is 2.2 deputies per 1,000 residents, he added. In the state, the average is 1.65 per 1,000. If the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office wanted to match the state average, Burns pointed out, Over the past seven years, the Sarasota deit would need to hire 88 new deputies at a cost partment has seen a reduction in personof more than $11.2 million. nel from 1,060 in the 2007 fiscal year to 992 planned for FY 2014. Of the latter number; 405 In response to another question from Patterwill be sworn law enforcement officers, while son, Burns provided follow-up statistics for A chart shows the average cost per capita for a number of sheriff's offices in the state. Image courtesy Sarasota County Sheriff's Office