OdooBot DSABC Testifies on Senate & House Bills Working for our Deputies! Today, the DSABC was in Austin testifying on Senate and House Bills (HB 409, HB 637, and SB 22). HB 409 is for hunting and fishing licenses for all first responders in Texas ... Apr 1, 2021
OdooBot The 20th Annual Ride for the Fallen The 20th Annual Ride for the Fallen, benefitting the Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation, is coming up on May 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Pre-Register at mbr.cleat.org/rideforthefallen.... Mar 17, 2021
OdooBot HUNDREDS OF BILLS FILED IN TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT COULD IMPACT TEXAS’ FINEST On Friday, March 12, 2021, the deadline for members of the legislature to file new bills came and went. Members of the Texas House filed over 4,500 separate bills while members of the Senate filed ove... Mar 17, 2021
OdooBot Team Tomas Recovery A former member of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department needs your help. In February of this year, Tommy Arredondo III suffered a stroke. Tommy lost movement in his right arm and right leg. Currently... Mar 12, 2021
OdooBot Jeremy Payne on Texas Public Radio (TPR) The Source DSABC President Jeremy Payne sat down with Texas Public Radio The Source to discuss Bexar County jail staffing and overtime issues. Click the button below to listen to the interview. Listen Now... Jan 5, 2021
OdooBot BEXAR COUNTY JAIL’S HIGH STAFFING TURNOVER, EXCESSIVE OVERTIME SURE TO BE MAJOR FOCUS FOR COUNTY IN 2021 The problems of high turnover and overtime have plagued the Bexar County Jail for more than a decade, but officials say the concerns have reached a critical mass in the wake of a state crackdown on ja... Dec 21, 2020
OdooBot WATCH NOW: DSABC PRESIDENT JEREMY PAYNE SPEAKS TO JUDGE & COMMISSIONERS ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING CONDITIONS AT BCSO ... Dec 16, 2020
OdooBot BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOW TO REDUCE JAIL OVERTIME Bexar County leaders bid farewell to two departing commissioners Tuesday and vowed to work to reduce jail overtime that the local deputies’ union said has put an unbearable strain on detention officer... Dec 15, 2020
OdooBot Re: Recognizing the Human Cost of Understaffing of Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Office Jails Re: Recognizing the Human Cost of Understaffing of Bexar Co. Sheriff’s Office Jails Dear Judge Wolff & Commissioners:Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doin... Dec 15, 2020
OdooBot BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SATISFACTION STUDY A new study concludes that systematic under-staffing at the BCSO has had severe ramifications on deputies’ physical and mental health as well as costly financial and public safety repercussions for ta... Dec 9, 2020
OdooBot Message From The Union To All DSABC Members: 1. Happy Holidays The DSABC Board of Directors wants to wish all our Members a very happy holiday season. It has been a tough year, but you have all remained steadfast throughout... Nov 30, 2020
OdooBot TEXAS COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE THE POLITICAL UNTOUCHABLES, JAILER/D.O. JOBS ARE THE MODERN-DAY MINES Unless you are living it, you don’t know the incredible sense of helplessness felt by a Texas County Detention Officer as they clock into their workplace. It’s stressful, tense, loud, and smells like ... Nov 17, 2020
