Cities vs. Townships

A fractious issue resurfaces

by James Leonard

posted 12/3/2010

It’s official: a sheriff’s deputy costs Washtenaw County $176,108 per year. That includes $74,000 in salary and $45,000 in fringes, plus indirect costs like $20,000 for central dispatch—but not the average $10,000 in overtime a deputy earns each year.

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