From Sgt. Amanda Propst:

Sheriff Boydston,

I would like to commend Sr. Lt. Steve Siercks for what I believe was going over and beyond his normal responsibilities.

On Thursday, January 14, I was the only sergeant working in detention. It was going to be another extremely busy day again and because of the day before, I was getting behind in some of the daily work that I perform.

Lt. Siercks was scheduled to attend a seminar yesterday morning. Instead of going to the seminar, and because he was aware of how stressful the previous day had been, he came in to detention and took over the role of housing floor sergeant. He handled everything that had to do with the housing floor and even took care of filling at least 3 vacant overtime slots that needed to be filled for today. While this doesn't sound like much, filling that many overtime slots alone can and does require at least a couple of hours.

During the day we contended with doors not working, intercoms going out, keypads not functioning, answering the usual deluge of phone calls and at one point when we thought we were just about caught up, we lost the phones and computers for almost an hour, bringing almost all work in booking to a standstill.
I should note that this is not a one-time occurrence - since he returned to detention he has been stepping in to assist on the housing floor. This includes performing patdowns, escorts and responding to codes with the rest of the officers. His dedication to his staff and willingness to step in and do whatever is needed is admirable and I truly appreciate it. What may seem like nothing to anyone outside of detention, means a great deal to me. I was free to concentrate on the work load in booking without having to run back and forth to the housing floor.