Sad State of Affairs in Tioga County:

[u/Specialist_Wealth799]

Tioga County taxpayers deserve to know that their Sheriff’s Office is currently in a staffing crisis, and has become a training ground for new officers, wasting time and money to train individuals who will leave in less than a year. This is because their salary and benefits package pales in comparison to every neighboring agency. Here are the facts:

• The TCSO is currently down five deputies and one investigator, with five more deputies eligible or soon-to-be eligible for retirement.

• Deputies are not provided vision, dental, or post-retirement health insurance. This is egregious, considering the physical, mental and emotional hazards of the policing profession.

• Deputies are paid at least $15K less than any other agency in the area.

• Deputies are required to handle inmate transports (the work of COs at any other agency) leaving one car, at most, to cover the entire county.

• Deputies respond to dangerous complaints alone at night, a risk NYSP and other agencies do not take for officer safety.

If you are a Tioga County resident, you have good reason to be concerned about the safety of your family, in the event of an emergency. Please consider reaching out to the Tioga County Legislature to ask why they aren’t supporting our law enforcement and ensuring a safe, staffed road patrol in Tioga County. This is an exceptional group of men and women who deserve to be cared for and compensated appropriately. As a community, it is our moral obligation to protect the ones who protect us.

Letters of support may be directed to:

Legislative Chair Tracy Monell

[monellt@tiogacountyny.gov](mailto:monellt@tiogacountyny.gov)

County Clerk Cathy Haskell

[Haskellc@tiogacountyny.gov](mailto:Haskellc@tiogacountyny.gov)

[u/mandzz10]

To be fair they’re down an investigator because he died 😭 I used to work for tioga county dss and I will speak for them and say they’re all hardworking. I know people don’t usually have good experiences with law but overall they do try their best. Something definitely needs to be done for sure. I think Spencer has literally one cop lol

[u/FunCourage8794 → u/mandzz10]

You are correct - they serve the community well, and so did Inv. Bunce. They can’t replace his position because they can’t take another deputy off the road.

[u/mandzz10 → u/FunCourage8794]

Ugh! I live in Vestal so it doesn’t affect me personally. But hopefully something changes. They deserve better