Burleson County jail holds 45 inmates; sheriff lists multiple open positions

At the Oct. 23 Burleson County Commissioners Court meeting, Chief Rios delivered the sheriff’s report and said the county jail had 45 inmates (38 male, 7 female).

Chief Rios told the court that the sheriff’s office currently has several open positions that the department is seeking to fill: three school resource officer positions, one enforcement-control position and four jailer positions. The openings were presented as part of routine department reporting; no hiring motions or budget approvals specific to those positions were recorded in the minutes.

Commissioners did not vote on staffing allocations at this meeting. The interlocal agreement approved at the session will place two SROs with Somerville ISD; Chief Rios’s report indicates the department continues to advertise additional openings to meet operational needs.

The sheriff’s report was part of a broader set of department updates that also included a summary of the Burleson County Fair’s reported revenues and an annual summary from the Burleson Health Resource Center.