UNDERSHERIFF During this last year, the Sheriff’s
take care of our employees and our
Office management team completed a
concentration on employee wellness is
team-building exercise. During this
the first step in this goal.
exercise, managers identified all the important issues facing the Sheriff’s Office from attrition to recruitment and retention, technological demands, budgetary issues, and the challenge of maintaining minimum staffing during the pandemic. Knowing that to successfully achieve our desired results, we needed to identify and focus on one key issue. The issue we selected was employee wellness. As managers, we have seen our employees seriously injured at alarming rates coupled with the psychological tolls that have breached through all
In the future, the Sheriff’s Office will provide innovative approaches in employee wellness starting with a custody and patrol supervisors’ teambuilding exercise with a focus on employee wellness. Psychological services and family support ideas are being considered.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE
sworn and civilian law enforcement pro-
ARE COMMITTED TO
fessionals anywhere, and I am proud to
PRIORITIZING EMPLOYEE
areas of the Sheriff’s Office. Although
WELL-BEING. I WANT TO
faced with these calamities, we have
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
stood tall and provided professional,
YOUR DEDICATION AND
compassionate service to our communities. At the same time, we need to
We have the greatest concentration of
RESOURCE, AND WE
be a member of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.
COMMITMENT TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
LEAD LEADTHE THEWAY WAYANNUAL ANNUALREPORT REPORT2011 2021
JIM VOGE San Luis Obispo County Undersheriff
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