It appears the Escambia County Sheriff’s Department and the Escambia County Commission have reached a preliminary budget settlement. The Pensacola News Journal is reporting that Commissioners have approved a four-year agreement that will implement a pay plan for deputies, increase the sheriff’s budget by 1 million dollars this year and pay the Sheriff’s Office 2.6 million dollars for the next two years. In return, the Sheriff’s Office has agreed to spend 50 percent of Law Enforcement Trust funds – money and assets seized as a result of criminal activity –  on school resource officers.