Sheriff Kevin Bond is looking to the Missouri General Assembly to enact legislation this session that sets the minimum pay for sheriff’s deputies throughout the state.
Bond talked to county government reporter Heath Hooper this week about the trouble he has keeping deputies on the job because other law enforcement agencies, including the Sedalia Police Department, pay more.
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