The Cost of Coverage

THE COST OF COVERAGE

THE COST OF COVERAGE: Fisher County Sheriff Overtime Records Raise Questions About Patrol Coverage

Jeff Hurt I

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Part 3 of DMC’s investigation examines what patrol activity county taxpayers received during periods of extraordinary overtime spending and reconstructs a December 2025 inmate transport to Mississippi and explores the questions it raised.

TWO FISHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED MORE THAN TWICE THEIR REGULAR PAY IN OVERTIME

Fisher County paid two sheriff’s deputies $321,206 in overtime

Jeff Hurt I

Thursday, June 4, 2026

The first article in this series examined the budget record: how Sheriff’s Office overtime closed fiscal year 2025 far above the adopted overtime budget, and how the county later reconciled those lines through amendments.

DMC Investigative Report -

Fisher County sworn-officer overtime ran six times over adopted budget

Jeff Hurt I

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Fisher County's year-end financial ledger shows the sheriff's sworn overtime lines closed fiscal year 2025 at $215,175 against an adopted overtime budget of $35,689 — more than six times the original budget.