Labette County commissioners will allow the sheriff’s department to rack up extra overtime to provide security for the full-time courtroom in Oswego.
The sheriff’s department has limited overtime built into its budget, but the court change this week required Sheriff Darren Eichinger to pull in off-duty deputies to provide security in Oswego. Deputies are volunteering to work the overatime hours. Eichinger said the overtime will be 32 to 40 hours a week depending on Judge Fred W. Johnson’s court schedule. This week the overtime will be about 32 hours.