The Woodlands Edition | June 2025

Government

BY JESSICA SHORTEN

Sheri ’s oce restructuring enters Phase 2 of plan

Law enforcement pay equity examined Montgomery County commissioners on June 10 authorized the creation of a commit- tee to look at law enforcement pay equity across policing agencies in the county. The committee must report back to commissioners by the beginning of budget workshops—which are currently scheduled for Aug. 12-15—and include: • Gap analysis

Sheri’s oce restructured

The three new bureaus are lead by Assistant Chief Deputies Robby Sells, Eric Hensley and Rick Bass, respectively.

Support bureau • Logistics • Information technology • Homeland security • Night command

Justice bureau • Jail command

Following an internal restructuring, Mont- gomery County Sheri Wesley Doolittle told commissioners May 13 that department eciency, backlogs and call response times have improved. Montgomery County commissioners on May 27 approved Phase 2 of the oce’s reorganization. Two-minute impact Doolittle said he restructured the sheri’s oce to a “bureau structure” to provide chain of com- mand guidance and eciency to commissioners on May 13. The new structure divides the duties of the sheri’s oce under three assistant chief deputies. The speci cs Doolittle said he felt the biggest

Operations bureau • Patrol command • Criminal investigations

SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICECOMMUNITY IMPACT

accomplishment in his rst 100 days was the full stang of the sheri’s oce and the reduction of wait times for calls to the 911 emergency dispatch center. He said 94% of calls to the emergency dis- patch center are now answered within 15 seconds . Additional challenges he said the department will be working to address include replacing inmate transport buses; sta and support space; and pay parities.

• Budget health review • Tax rate considerations • Funding mechanisms What’s next

Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray said he would like the committee to bring a one-to-ve-year plan for increasing law enforcement pay across the county.

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