County Commission to get legal advice on cutting unfilled Sheriff’s Office positions
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. says the Shelby County Commission can’t cut funding to 441 unfilled positions in his budget. (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian file)
The County Commission has several Shelby County Sheriff’s Office items to vote on Monday, from emergency money for new jail door locks to calling for collaboration on what happens next at the juvenile detention center on Old Getwell Road.
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