Miami-Dade County's new Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz has requested a $50 million increase in the Sheriff's Office budget to enhance police staffing and address expenses tied to the Surfside condominium collapse investigation. With control over an $875 million budget, she highlighted that the previous budget left nearly 190 officer positions unfilled. Cordero-Stutz, the county's first elected sheriff in sixty years, emphasized the need for sufficient funding to recruit and retain officers, particularly excoriating the prior administration's budgetary decisions that hindered staffing growth.
In her memo, Cordero-Stutz stated that the previous budget "effectively eliminated the Sheriff Office's ability to fill any sworn positions this year."
Cordero-Stutz's funding request aims to enhance police staffing and cover costs related to the investigation of the Surfside condominium collapse.
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