Jefferson County cuts two sheriff's office positions after heated meeting

Jefferson County cuts two sheriff's office positions after heated meeting

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Jefferson County cut two sheriff's office positions after a heated salary board meeting. The special meeting had two main items on the agenda: a motion to eliminate "one full-time Sheriff’s Deputy position," along with another motion to remove "the role of Sergeant in the Sheriff’s Department." Commissioner Scott North says the duty of tax assessments used to be done by those two positions, but after moving those respons…