A shortage of constables is having an impact on the overall workload, putting Pima County behind on serving evictions.
“The last few weeks we've been running with three constables in an area that should have nine constables,” said Presiding Constable Bill Lake of Justice Precinct 5.“August 25th we lost one constable, she was killed in the line of duty," Lake told KGUN 9."One of the other constables pretty much quit that day.”“We had two constables that were out on medical leave,” Lake said. He told KGUN 9 they lost two more in the last few weeks.
“The number of papers we serve every day has not changed,” said Lake. “The landlords are getting a little irritable because instead of getting papers and serving them within a day or two, it’s taking three or four days out." “We vet them real well. Background check, credit check, we can just about tell you what they had for breakfast the day before,” Stoner said.“I think the constables need to be safe, go at least by twos.”
Lake says he put in a request for body cams. Some constables find ways to help prepare the tenant for eviction in advance.
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