KJZZ is a service of Rio Salado College,
and Maricopa Community Colleges

Copyright © 2025 KJZZ/Rio Salado College/MCCCD
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Yavapai County Supervisors OK Raise For Some Sheriff's Officers

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors approved a 10 percent raise for all certified positions in the sheriff’s office.  

According to the Prescott Daily Courier, the board voted yesterday to raise salaries because recruitment and retention are a concern.

However, the pay increase will cost the county more than $1 million a year, which supervisors did not plan for in the 2016-2017 fiscal year budget. The measure will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017.

KJZZ senior field correspondent Kathy Ritchie has 20 years of experience reporting and writing stories for national and local media outlets — nearly a decade of it has been spent in public media.