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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas is staff with around 50 people. It is made up of Deputies, Records Clerks, Corrections Officers, and Administration. The Administration of this organization are responsible for the Human Resources of the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff, Under Sheriff, and their Executive Assistant handle all Human Resource issues that arise within the Office. The issues can range from the hiring and firing of employees, insurance enrollment, insuring the employees are paid, and their issues as they arise. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for the safety of around 1900 citizens, and is located between three major cities. The cities are Topeka (state capital), Lawrence, and Kansas City. The Sheriffs’ Office normally handles around 6000 calls for service a year.

Within the Sheriff’s Office there has been some ups and down when it comes to human resources. Due to low morale at the Sheriff’s Office there has been a lot of Deputies and Corrections Office that have left the Office in the past year. This means they Human Resources team has had to recruit, and hire more officers. While attempting to address the low morale at the Office. Jefferson County has also changed its time clock/ payroll management software in the past year. With this new technology, there is less work on the administration.

The Sheriff’s Office is also faced with different challenges like addressed by Pynes in this week’s reading. The Office has a large number of older employees that are extremely close to retirement, and is feeling the impact of the next generation of officers. It is becoming hard to find motivative and qualified candidates to feel open positions. Much like what was discussed this week’s readings with the differences between the baby boomers, generation x, and millennials (Pynes, 2013).

References

Pynes, J. E. (2013). Human resources management for public and nonprofit organizations: A strategic approach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.