Keep Los Gatos Safe
Dear Valued Community Member,
We are writing to alert you that the safety of our community is in jeopardy!
Your Los Gatos / Monte Sereno Police Department has quietly been operating at critical staffing levels and a recommendation from the newly-formed Los Gatos Finance Commission puts your officers, dispatchers and the community at risk. Your police officers have decided that we cannot just stand by and watch this happen.
Over the past 20 years, the Los Gatos Town Council has reduced your Police Department from 50 officers to less than 39 today.
The Dispatch Center answering all 911 calls from our community and some neighboring areas should have a total staff of 8 but is operating on only the dedication and perseverance of four dispatchers working extreme amounts of overtime every month. The unelected Finance Commission has made the unconscionable recommendation to freeze Dispatch Center staffing at the current level and to freeze two currently-vacant police officer positions. This is a recipe for disaster.
Finding qualified applicants to be police officers and dispatchers in today's financial and anti-police environment is extremely difficult. For those who are qualified, the careful hiring and training process takes over one full year. Freezing positions will directly impact the police department’s ability to respond to an emergency, possibly your emergency.
The members of your police department are deeply committed to our community. While we perform standard law enforcement services, we also work collaboratively deep within the community to ensure the Town of Los Gatos and City of Monte Sereno remain the most peaceful, safe and family-oriented place to live in the Bay Area.
The need to take action is urgent! The Los Gatos Town Council is expected to make a decision on the Finance Commission's recommendations at the Council meeting in four days, this Tuesday evening, May 18.
Please select the link above to urge your Los Gatos Town Council to vote NO on the Finance Commission's recommendation.
Keep Los Gatos Safe
Dear Valued Community Member,
We are writing to alert you that the safety of our community is in jeopardy!
Your Los Gatos / Monte Sereno Police Department has quietly been operating at critical staffing levels and a recommendation from the newly-formed Los Gatos Finance Commission puts your officers, dispatchers and the community at risk. Your police officers have decided that we cannot just stand by and watch this happen.
Over the past 20 years, the Los Gatos Town Council has reduced your Police Department from 50 officers to less than 39 today.
The Dispatch Center answering all 911 calls from our community and some neighboring areas should have a total staff of 8 but is operating on only the dedication and perseverance of four dispatchers working extreme amounts of overtime every month. The unelected Finance Commission has made the unconscionable recommendation to freeze Dispatch Center staffing at the current level and to freeze two currently-vacant police officer positions. This is a recipe for disaster.
Finding qualified applicants to be police officers and dispatchers in today's financial and anti-police environment is extremely difficult. For those who are qualified, the careful hiring and training process takes over one full year. Freezing positions will directly impact the police department’s ability to respond to an emergency, possibly your emergency.
The members of your police department are deeply committed to our community. While we perform standard law enforcement services, we also work collaboratively deep within the community to ensure the Town of Los Gatos and City of Monte Sereno remain the most peaceful, safe and family-oriented place to live in the Bay Area.
The need to take action is urgent! The Los Gatos Town Council is expected to make a decision on the Finance Commission's recommendations at the Council meeting in four days, this Tuesday evening, May 18.
Please select the link above to urge your Los Gatos Town Council to vote NO on the Finance Commission's recommendation.