Law enforcement provider choice
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Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 30, 2026.
Public comments (5)
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.
City Council - Sep 30, 2026 · 13:36 →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.
City Council - Sep 30, 2026 · 28:45 →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.
City Council - Sep 30, 2026 · 40:02 →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.
City Council - Sep 30, 2026 · 41:14 →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.
City Council - Sep 30, 2026 · 1:23:08 →