Pima Sheriff says making progress against jail deaths. Pima Supes return to in person meetings.
Pima Supervisors have met in virtual meetings since early in the pandemic. But now they’re about to step out of their tiny virtual boxes and meet in person in their next meeting March 15th.
Supervisor Steve Christy said, “The public deserves to be able to address us in person. We will have safety precautions that will be instituted in accordance with the Department of Health that will protect us but coming into a board meeting as a supervisor with a mask on is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary.”
Supervisor Christy asked the Sheriff if he drove off corrections officers and made a staff shortage worse by requiring COVID vaccinations for staff. Nanos said he made the decision to require vaccinations to keep the public safe. He says when an inmate entered the jail COVID free, stayed 30 days behind bars and still died from the virus Nanos concluded unvaccinated officers were bringing the virus from outside.