(February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

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• April 3, 2026 5:22 pm

  2 months ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: Shane Digan <[email protected]>
  cc: “Evelyn J. Ochoa” <[email protected]>, Britney Stutts <[email protected]>
  date: Apr 3, 2026, 5:22 PM
  subject: Re: Public Records Request – Craven County Sheriff’s Office Turnover Data

   

  Hi Shane,

   

  My apologies for the delay.

   

  I have reviewed your response and files sent on March 24 @3:42pm.

   

  I will now mark this request as “Completed” on our website.

   

  Thanks for your help.
  Have a great weekend!

   

  ~ The Sunshine Request Team

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  Status: Completed
• March 24, 2026 3:42 pm

  2 months ago

  from: Shane Digan <[email protected]>
  to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
  cc: “Evelyn J. Ochoa” <[email protected]>, Britney Stutts <[email protected]>
  date: Mar 24, 2026, 3:42 PM
  subject: Public Records Request – Craven County Sheriff’s Office Turnover Data

   

  Requester,

   

  My name is Shane Digan and I am the Public Information Officer for Craven County, NC. The Craven County Sheriff’s Office forwarded to me a request you sent on XYZ related to employee turnover and staffing levels for the Sheriff’s Office.

   

  The following files are attached to fulfill this request:

  1. “CCSO Position Counts 2022_2026” – Report (Excel File) with position counts.

  2. “Sheriff Separations 2019-2-24-2026” – Report (Excel File) with separations.

  3. “Recruitment and Retention Bonus 11-18-24” – Recruitment and Retention Policy update from 11/18/2024

  4. “2021Presentation_Recruitment and Retention Strategies” – PowerPoint presentation given to the Board of Commissioners on 8/19/2021 related to recruitment and retention strategies.

  5. “Recruitment and Retention Bonus 8-19-2021” – Recruitment and Retention Policy from 8/19/2021.

   

  You may also wish to reference our Board of Commissioners meeting agenda from 11/18/2024, which includes an amendment to the Recruitment and Retention Bonus policy. You can find meeting agendas and minutes here.

   

  A few notes I would like to make on your request and our response:

  • We do not maintain a record with turnover rate calculations.

  • We do not maintain a record of vacant positions by month or year.

   

  Let me know if you have any other questions.

   

  Best,

  Shane

   

  Shane Digan

  Assistant to the County Manager / Public Information Officer

  Craven County Government

  406 Craven Street

  New Bern, NC 28560

  (252) 636-6600 (w)

  (252) 649-9787 (c)

  [email protected]

   

  **Editor’s Note: Additionally, see on attached file referenced (“PRR_SheriffTurnover_3.2026.zip”) at top left in our Documents section.

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  Status: Response Received from Government
• March 20, 2026 8:54 am

  3 months ago

  from: Evelyn J. Ochoa <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Chip Hughes <[email protected]>
  cc: Britney Stutts <[email protected]>, Tony Cummings <[email protected]>
  date: Mar 20, 2026, 8:54 AM
  subject: Re: [External] Re: Public records request. (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  Good morning,

   

  Our agency is working with County Administration to gather the information you requested. You should be hearing from the county soon.

   

  Respectfully,

  Evelyn Ochoa

  Craven County Sheriff’s Office

  Executive Assistant to the Sheriff

  (252)636-6639

  [email protected]

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  Status: Government Processing Request
• March 19, 2026 2:57 pm

  3 months ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: [email protected]
  cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
  date: Mar 19, 2026, 2:57 PM
  subject: Re: Public records request. (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  Good afternoon Sheriff, Evelyn, Britney, Tony,

   

  I submitted the following public records request to your offices on 02/26/26:
  (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  I have not received a response since submitting the request, or to my follow up email about this on March 10th.

   

  Trial courts have found that an unjustified one month delay in the production of records is tantamount to a denial.

   

  Having made reasonable efforts to follow up — if I don’t hear back in 1 week, I’ll need to mark this request as having been “Denied” by your organization.

   

  Thank you.

   

  ~ The Sunshine Request Team

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  Status: Follow up
• March 10, 2026 6:04 pm

  3 months ago

  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: [email protected]
  cc: [email protected], [email protected]
  date: Mar 10, 2026, 6:04 PM
  subject: Re: Public records request. (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  Good evening,

   

  I submitted the following public records request to your offices on 02/26/26:

   

  I have not received a response since submitting the request.
  (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  Please confirm receipt to let me know my request has begun processing, and if possible, please provide an anticipated timeline for its completion.

   

  I will follow up again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.

   

  Thank you!

   

  ~ The Sunshine Request Team

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  Status: Follow up
• February 26, 2026 5:11 pm

  3 months ago

  from: Britney Stutts <[email protected]>
  to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  date: Feb 26, 2026, 5:12 PM
  subject: Automatic reply: [External] Public records request. (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

   

  **Editor’s Note: There was no message contained in the body of this email.

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  from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
  to: [email protected]
  cc: [email protected], [email protected]
  date: Feb 26, 2026, 5:11 PM
  subject: Public records request. (February 2026) Request for Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office: Staffing and turnover data 01/01/2019 – present.

   

  Good afternoon Sheriff, Evelyn, Britney, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),

   

  Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

   

  Please provide any records reflecting employee turnover and staffing levels for the Craven County, NC Sheriff’s Office during the period of January 01, 2019 through the present day [on the date the query is performed]. Specifically – I’d like to know:

   

  – Total number of authorized positions by year.
  – Total number of filled positions by year.
  – Total separations by year.
  – Breakdown of separations by category [resignation, retirement, termination, other].
  – Turnover rate calculations, if maintained.
  – Number of vacant positions by month or year.
  – Turnover broken down by sworn, detention, and civilian personnel.
  – Any reports, summaries, or analyses related to retention or staffing trends during this period.

   

  Ideally, I’d like to receive this info in an Excel, PDF, or other machine-readable format. However, I’ll accept the records in any electronic medium in which you’re capable of producing them.

   

  NC Records Law says, in part, that “… nothing in this section shall be construed to require a public agency to respond to a request for a copy of a public record by creating or compiling a record that does not exist.”  I just want to clarify — if you do have access to the data above, it is simple to produce an electronic report. You’re not being asked to create or compile a record that doesn’t exist by simply having to “generate a report” in order to produce that electronic data. That is not the same thing as “creating a record that doesn’t exist.”

   

  ** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to “inspect”, nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

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  Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.

   

  By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

   

  Sunshine Request
  PO Box 17391
  Asheville, NC 28816

   

  The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

   

  Thank you for your assistance!

   

  ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

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  Status: Sent to Government
• February 26, 2026 5:10 pm

  3 months ago

  Submitted to Sunshine Request

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  Status: Pending