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Sheriff’s budget has ballooned in 10 years – up 57.6%

   July 20, 2021

 

The Escambia County Sheriff’s budget has increased $26.6 million this past decade – 57.6%.  The budget is about $3 million  shy of what was when the ECSO managed the county jail,

Sheriff Chip Simmons is asking for the largest single-year increase – 10.7%  – over the past 15 years, maybe even longer.

 

Total Detention Sheriff’s Increase %
2012  $ 75,839,521  $ 29,687,734  $ 46,151,787
2013  $ 75,839,521  $ 28,477,205  $ 47,362,316  $   1,210,529 2.6%
2014  $ 47,884,936  $                –  $ 47,884,936  $      522,620 1.1%
2015  $ 50,797,407  $                –  $ 50,797,407  $   2,912,471 6.1%
2016  $ 53,774,834  $                –  $ 53,774,834  $   2,977,427 5.9%
2017  $ 55,438,635  $                –  $ 55,438,635  $   1,663,801 3.1%
2018  $ 58,784,478  $                –  $ 58,784,478  $   3,345,843 6.0%
2019  $ 60,239,868  $                –  $ 60,239,868  $   1,455,390 2.5%
2020  $ 62,839,867  $                –  $ 62,839,867  $   2,599,999 4.3%
2021  $ 65,739,867  $                –  $ 65,739,867  $   2,900,000 4.6%
2022  $ 72,753,713  $                –  $ 72,753,713  $   7,013,846 10.7%
Total increase  $ 26,601,926 57.6%
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