A consultant finds that the agency's real problem is inefficient dispatch, not a shortage of deputies. Many numbers used to back a campaign for more deputies were wrong. The errors were inadvertent. A high-priority code often is ignored by Pasco sheriff's dispatchers, records show.
Consultants say that hurts response time.
Computer, consultant unravel dispatch issues Research began with a look at the computerized dispatch system. An expert was hired to examine claims of severe understaffing. The Times study of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office was conducted by Geoff Dougherty. 3 cities losing seasoned leaders Supporters of a Republican sheriff candidate braved brisk temperatures Friday morning to wave roadside placards at motorists on U.S. 19 and State Road 52, a campaign ploy usually reserved for Election Day. Authorities have identified the man who died in an apartment fire Friday night on Cockle Drive.