And he says we all need to with intent show care for each other. Morgan, a 20-veteran of the Sheriff's Office . Most of the recruits Wickersham sends to the Academy come from the corrections deputy ranks, and some come from dispatch. PROPER ATTIRE: Clothing must cover all private/sensitive body areas. When applying for a career with the Macomb County Sheriff's Office, potential employees will submit an application to the Civil Service Commission. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. HOSPITAL VISITS: Inmates being held in the hospital will be allowed visits during hours regulated by the hospital. Among those contracts, corrections officers will receive a 7% increase in 2023 and 3% in 2024 in a recently approved two-year deal. That is projected to significantly reduce overtime, from $3.1 million this year to a projected $1.2 million next year. But also in Macomb, contributing to the vacancies has been the entire county lagging behind in compensation provided by police departments in other communities and in the private sector. Despite some recent progress on reducing the vacancies, Wickersham said his office will maintain recruiting efforts. From 2012 to 2018, it hovered around 1,200, and the capacity was reduced by 1,238, Wickersham said. Valid picture identifacation (e.g., driver's license, State I.D., or Military I.D. For his 2023 budget, Wickersham gained 22 positions, all but one corrections deputies, to put his total staff for next year at 573. Field Training Officer, Electronic Home Detention Officer, Classification Officer . We did not hesitate to take action in either case and thorough investigations were completed. You dont need more budgeted positions; you do need more bodies, Don Brown, chairman of the county Board of Commissioners, told Wickersham at his Oct. 24 budget meeting in front of the board.