Mobile County spent more than $79 million on wages and benefits for 1,764 employees in 2014, with the sheriff’s office driving much of the overtime total.
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How a Law About Judges Nearly Cut the Mobile County Sheriff’s Pay by $28,000
A 1999 law meant to equalize judicial pay between rural and urban counties had an unnoticed side effect: the sheriff’s salary was pegged to the judges’. Sam Cochran nearly took a $28,000 hit.