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SCHEDULED ITEM NO. 3: DISCUSSION OF TURN POLICE PP.OIECTION. Councilman Davey reported some of the information given by the Sheriff's Department to the Council at the February 5 and 16 meetings,pertaining to the Sheriff's ability to provide additional personnel to the Tam, was incorrect. 1. In a conversation with Undersheriff Geary, she was told additional protection could be provided on an emergency basis within two weeks at the regular hourly rate; while the Council was told it would not be available for two to three months. 2. Furthermore, if the Council is to meet the community's law enforcement needs, they need in order to reach decisions, not only the correct informa- tion, but to adequately research the upcoming long range recommendations of the Law Enforcement Committee. It is recommended that the Council employ an outside professional consultant expert in the problems of police protection. 3. In addition, we should (a) publish and distribute a pamphlet on how citizens can help reduce burglaries and an emergency phone sticker with the Sheriff's number on it; (b) consider an ordinance on public meetings in the community; (c) traffic problems on Robleda and E1 Monte around the College; and (d) the need for regulation of burglar alarm salesmen, as well as an evaluation of the burglar alarms. Mr. C. B. Marron, Field Enforcement Supervisor of the Sheriff's Office, responded from the Floor to Councilman Davey's initial remarks: 1) Assistance would take nearly three months, due to the timing involved. This sequence would entail presenting the city's request to the Sheriff's Department, who would in turn then submit the request to the County Council to the Executive - to the Board of Supervisors, who would approve and then recruitment and training of additional personnel. Also at the time of Mr. Geary% statement, seven applications were on file, allowing a reserve to draw from. New there are only two. 2) As to a professional study, that would be a Council decision, but most information desired for an evaluation of law enforcement problems will be available shortly from Data Processing. 3) a. Approximately 8,000 pamphlets were delivered to the City. (Mayor requested Staff to investigate.) b. Suggested since we are approaching a new budget period, consideration should be given to increasing the current contracted ten hours. Additional beat coverage would allow more immediate response. C. Sheriff's Department is not in a position to evaluate any particular burglar alarm system. Mayor Aiken stated that during the period from February 19 to March 2, there had been no residential burglaries reported in Los Altos Hills, while the burglary rate in the County adjacent to the Town has had five in the same period. Wells Fargo Security Guard Services went to work in Town on February 19. He stated that this record of no burglaries probably would not continue, as burglaries occur in cities that have large police departments. Mayor Aiken stated that one of the advantages of this private patrol was their flexibility in being able to provide a second vehicle in Town on short notice. -e-