Jail getting new employee

American News | 01/03/2007 | Jail getting new employee: "An increased workload means a new employee at the Brown County Jail.

County commissioners Tuesday approved a new full-time clerical worker for the jail. Among other things, the worker will administer court-ordered breath tests to people on probation or involved in the judicial system and help with fingerprinting and issuing pistol permits.

Sheriff Mark Milbrandt gave the commission information that showed, on Dec. 20, the jail administered 146 breath tests to make sure people hadn't been drinking.

Other work has increased too.

Milbrandt said the county now issues pistol permits for both the city of Aberdeen and the county. When it handled pistol permits for only the county, about 100 a year were issued. Last year, including city numbers, 545 were issued.

The amount of legal paperwork has also increased, Milbrandt said. According to Milbrandt's numbers, the number of warrants received in 2006 was 2,941, up 412 from the year before. The number of civil papers served last year was 4,735 - 370 more than in 2005."