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Recent law-enforcement coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The one-year, $1.855 million agreement generally provides one deputy in the city and shifts many lower-priority calls to automated or non-deputy handling.
The proposed one-year agreement would cut the city’s around-the-clock patrol model from two deputies to one and is expected to save about $1 million annually.
The reconstituted group will develop a countywide surveillance policy and draft ordinance covering Flock cameras, drones and other technologies by the end of 2027.
An Aug. 11 presentation to county supervisors laid out the system’s footprint and described California SB 34 guardrails on the license plate cameras.
Supervisors accepted a state cannabis tax grant tied to DUI prevention and authorized the county executive officer to execute the agreement.