Law enforcement provider

Urged staying with the Sheriff, arguing the Los Gatos contract delivers about 10,000 fewer patrol hours for its lower price.

A deputy sheriff and DSA vice president, she detailed the dedicated staffing Saratoga receives under the Sheriff contract.

Said most people are not happy with Los Gatos and urged keeping the Sheriff's Department after 70 years of service.

President of the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Foundation, described foundation-funded programs and community engagement that come with the LGMSPD model at no extra cost.

Los Gatos Vice Mayor pledged a true partnership and equal treatment if Saratoga joins the regional police department.

A hillside resident of 40+ years, listed six questions she said the council should answer before choosing Los Gatos, and urged staying with the Sheriff.

Said she would not sign the Los Gatos contract, citing lack of staffing guarantees and questionable cost assumptions.

Suggested Los Gatos may be using Saratoga to solve its own budget problems, and said the council shouldn't fix Los Gatos' finances.

Invoked her military experience to argue new hires lack the experience of veteran Sheriff's deputies, questioning the risk of switching.

A resident since 1975, recounted personal experiences with Sheriff's deputies and warned about unfamiliarity with mountain roads if the provider changes.

Monte Sereno's mayor said Monte Sereno has been happy with the community policing model for 30 years and urged Saratoga to decide what's best for itself.

Said she and other residents did exhaustive research with city staff and accused Los Gatos of wanting Saratoga as a revenue source.

Argued the contracts are nearly cost-equivalent, that Los Gatos lacks minimum staffing guarantees, and that ceding police authority makes no sense.

Spoke for himself and his parents, urging approval of the Los Gatos partnership as a rare, sustainable, lower-cost opportunity.

A local veterinarian, endorsed the Sheriff's Department, saying the community would make a terrible mistake to change.

Described his positive experience with Los Gatos PD's community policing and chaplain program, saying Saratoga would benefit from it.

A former sheriff's deputy, credited the city's neighborhood watch and traffic safety programs for low crime and favored the Sheriff, calling the choice varsity vs. JV.

Suggested specific outcomes to demand from either provider — reporting transparency, cost clarity, and a real substation rather than an office.

Addressed each council member by name, urging them to vote no on the Los Gatos contract and listen to residents.

A council candidate, supported staying with the Sheriff, citing its 70-year track record and resident survey results.

Called changing providers an unnecessary risk — if anything goes wrong after a switch, the council will bear the blame.

Said Los Gatos hasn't done the work Saratoga has, and blamed county budget pressure for the Sheriff cost increase.

Thanked the council, agreed service metrics are needed whichever provider is chosen, and asked the Sheriff to resolve attendance and responsiveness concerns.

Quoted 'you can't manage what you can't measure' and urged both agencies to provide service-level metrics.

Said costs are 'awash' between the two providers even with generous assumptions, so don't throw away a decades-long relationship.

Said safety — not price — should drive the decision, and urged the council to pick the best service provider.

Representing Safety Over Surveillance Saratoga, said residents strongly oppose the Los Gatos contract, citing unknowns and Los Gatos' staffing strains.

Also with Safety Over Surveillance Saratoga, quoted the Los Gatos finance manager's limited review and urged the council to 'hit the pause button.'

Warned of accountability problems with a non-elected Los Gatos town manager and costs of a new facility, urging 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'

With CAIR and Safety Over Surveillance, raised concerns about a rushed contract with serious gaps and surveillance safeguards.

Longtime resident (since 1985) says the city has always felt safe; asks the council to do a line-item review of the Sheriff cost increase and says the Los Gatos partnership should be seriously considered if it offers longer-term stability.

Council candidate firmly backs the Sheriff: the Los Gatos plan only costs less because staffing is lower (about 1.5 officers on duty vs. 2, a 25% cut), response times would suffer, and he'd switch ALPR camera vendors rather than leave the Sheriff.

Lives on the western edge of the combined district and has 'full confidence' in Los Gatos, preferring its dynamic pricing over the county's full-cost-recovery model.

A retired Sheriff's deputy (30 years, mostly West Side) warns Los Gatos 'promised the moon' to Monte Sereno in the 1990s and didn't deliver; praises the Sheriff's recent school-crossing sting near Marshall Lane.

40-year hillside resident concludes the Los Gatos offer seems 'too good to be true' and quotes a Mercury News source: a Los Gatos resident telling that council to 'get your own house in order' before adding another city.