The loss of funding due to a failed tax measure is responsible for some severe cuts to the staff of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff Randy Smith announced Wednesday his office would be cutting 13% of its employees after nearly 10% of the department's revenue is going away because of a sales tax not being renewed.
Sheriff Smith says there will be 35 layoffs of non-essential positions.
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