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Public safety leaders express disappointment at budget changes

Public safety is a difficult thing to budget for — here is a tension between providing the best service possible for voters and finding the revenue to make it possible and the Hamblen County Commission is trying to find the right balance but the recent budget committee meeting exposed growing concerns that staffing shortages, employee turnover and funding pressures are affecting agencies ranging from the Sheriff’s Office and E-911 to volunteer fire departments.

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