The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office knows there are crimes it's missed with staffing shortages in the city of Hayden, and in Kootenai County. Drug charges are flat in Hayden year over year, but overdoses are up, so offenses are getting missed within the city.
March 16, 2023
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March 16, 2023 1 a.m.
KCSO sees Theft, DUIs go up in Hayden
With staffing shortages, numbers only tell half the story
The rates of theft, vehicle theft and burglaries in Hayden increased from 2021 to 2022 according to data from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, which is something KCSO hopes to alleviate with the onboarding of three new deputies around May.