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From the desk of
Mayor Ruth M. Low
March 23, 2022
The Honorable Hilda L. Solis
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1st District
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
RE: Recruitment and Retention of Sheriff Deputies
Dear Supervisor Solis,
Our city contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to
provide patrol and public safety services for our community. We have a
longstanding cooperative relationship with Sheriff's Department officials that
has led to exceptional public safety services for our residents and businesses.
We regret to report that our public safety situation is changing. Sheriff's
command staff are unable to deploy the number of patrol deputies
necessary to provide for our safety. This problem of understaffing has been
growing for several years. We have seen first-hand that fully staffing every
patrol shift relies much too heavily on forcing our patrol deputies to work too
many overtime shifts when they should be home with their families.
We support our deputies and the high-quality public safety services they
provide. We urge you to consider the importance of public safety to our
community and to our local economy, and make sure we can return to
deploying our patrol deputies in sufficient numbers without relying on onerous,
counterproductive overtime shifts.
Honorable Supervisor Solis
Recruitment and Retention of Sheriff Deputies
March 23, 2022
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Thank you for your consideration. Please feel free to reach me at
RLow@DiamondBarCA.gov if you have any questions or would like to discuss
further.
Sincerely,
Ruth M. Low
Mayor
Cc: City Council
Daniel Fox, City Manager
Andrea Moreno, District Director for Supervisor Solis
Ruby Bermudez, ALADS