Denver Mayor Michael Hancock submits his 2016 budget proposal during a press conference on Sept. 14 at the City and County building in downtown Denver. (Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post)
Re: “Denver’s new $1.8 billion budget would boost jail, child welfare staffing,” Sept. 15 news story.
Itap pleasing to see, in Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed budget, $24 million for the understaffed Denver Sheriff Department. If used properly, that money should go a long way toward filling many of the deputy shortages. I would say — to the mayor, City Council, the manager of safety and to the mid-management and up at the sheriff’s office — that if there aren’t some sort of structural changes, changes in the departmentap mindset and the modernization of the discipline policies, then we’re just throwing a lot of money at, and placing many more deputies into, a broken system.
Jeff Dorrell, Denver
This letter was published in the Sept. 17 edition.
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