According to Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar, there’s been a lot of chatter lately about whether Broome County taxpayers are footing the bill for state and federal detainees at the county jail. Whether there are 100 detainees or 500, the same number of officers are scheduled, according to Sheriff Akshar. Sheriff Akshar says that money helps offset the cost of running the jail. So, in the end, Akshar says Broome County actually saves money by housing detainees for federal and state agencies. Without the reimbursements from federal and state detainees, county taxpayers would be paying nearly $1.5 million more to cover that bill.