Democratic Freeholder candidate Brian Froelich, wrote a letter that appeared in the Asbury Park Press over the weekend that stated how 2010 Monmouth County Sheriff candidate, Eric Brophy, was correct to oppose housing federal detainees in our county jail sighting the need for excessive overtime and other costs associated with it.
Now 3 years later, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, has decided to end the program that he championed as a money saver for the county, sighting excessive overtime costs and other expenses as his reason to end the program! Go figure...
Here's the letter:
The Asbury Park Press and the Monmouth County Republicans were wrong again.
When Democrat Eric Brophy ran against Republican incumbent Shaun Golden for sheriff in 2010, he said that housing federal detainees in the Monmouth County Jail for the federal government was causing expensive overtime, costing the county money, and should be stopped. Golden disagreed.
The Press endorsed Golden on that basis and said: “Brophy argues the county is losing money by housing federal detainees, saying it costs $179 per day to house an inmate, while the federal reimbursement rate is only $105. Golden’s argument that the county actually saves money … is more convincing.”
On Monday, Sheriff Golden’s office reported it would stop housing federal detainees in order to reduce corrections officers’ overtime and save money.
Now, if Golden and Republican freeholders would also stop hiring double-dipping pensioners, they might get close to saving the taxpayers what Democrat Brophy and others would have been saving taxpayers for the last three years.
Brian Froelich
Democratic candidate for freeholder
