The sheriff's office presented highlights for October 2025 including multiple arrests, breaking-and-entering investigations, stolen-vehicle recoveries, an arson, and a fatal crash involving a 12-year-old bicyclist. The office also updated commissioners about operational tools such as K-9 and drone support and on-site facial-recognition capability.

Sheriff's staff and the jail administrator, Aaron Cain, described the sudden end of the state's RAP ("wrap") program after the state budget removed the program line. Cain said the jail had about 25 RAP inmates when the program ended; within about three weeks, counties picked up those individuals and the KPEP instructors who ran the program were laid off or offered relocation. Cain estimated the sheriff's department previously generated about $400,000 annually from housing RAP inmates; current jail population is roughly 165, down from about 190 before RAP departures.

An under sheriff said the program had been successful in Eaton County and that state officials complimented the county's administration of it. County staff said they are working on internal plans to offset the lost revenue, noting some position savings and the existing jail millage will help in the near term.

Court security staff also briefed the committee on courthouse screening operations: seven part-time retired deputies assist at the front entrance, most confiscations are small knives, nearly all offices have panic buttons, and staff use the RAVE alert app for employees. Staff noted short-term logistics changes: sidewalk repairs will temporarily shift the main entrance and screening position.

No formal policy change or budget action was approved at the meeting; commissioners requested more documentation and a plan for long-term fiscal impacts.

Provenance: sheriff's highlights began at 00:05:21; RAP program update and jail population remarks occurred between 00:12:37 and 00:25:42.

Ending: County staff will plan for the budget impacts of the RAP program loss and return with fiscal options.