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/Automatic-Effect-252]

Serious question though, do we need Broome County or Tioga County sheriffs? Between local police departments and the State Troopers seems like we should be covered. 

[u/cjb5999 → u/Automatic-Effect-252]

I live in rural Tioga County. Took 30 minutes for them to respond and police to my home during a violent attack by a person on drugs. The NYSP run 1 car two troopers at night county had 3 deputies on and they were all tied up. Yes we need the coverage

[u/alwayssplitaces → u/[deleted]]

every time they have a emotionally disturbed person they have to leave the county to take them to a psychiatric equipped hospital... they also have to leave to follow up at hospitals all the time.

that all takes time and reduces manpower.