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Sep. 1—KINGWOOD — Employees of the Preston County Sheriff’s Office and Preston County Office of Emergency Management /911 got a pay raise at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Preston County Commission.
Sheriff Paul Pritt asked the commission to increase pay to a level that would put the sheriff’s office in a better position to hire and retain personnel.
“Recently we’ve lost I think four, ” Pritt said. “So we just can’t keep anybody, we can’t get anybody to apply for the jobs, etc., etc.”
Pritt said deputies go beyond their role as law enforcement in ways that save the county money, such as in-house firearms and defense instructors…
