CC - 2015-55 - Support of Efforts to Recruit, Hire, Train and Deploy Personnel to Provide High Quality Public Safety ServicesRESOLUTION NO. 2015 -55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD IN SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO
RECRUIT, HIRE, TRAIN AND DEPLOY PERSONNEL
TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES
WHEREAS, residents and businesses in our City deserve and expect the
highest quality public safety services to protect lives and property; and,
WHEREAS, future economic development in our community depends on
both the perception and the reality of quality public safety services provided by
full deployment of our deputy sheriffs; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records indicate the
agency is approximately 1,800 deputy sheriffs below the level authorized and
funded by the County Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, deputy personnel shortages countywide and in some contract
cities have negatively impacted the public safety services provided by the
Sheriff's Department; and
WHEREAS, some cities are experiencing an increase in crime rates at a
time when the Sheriff's Department is experiencing staffing shortages; and
WHEREAS, Recruiting, training and deploying highly skilled and fully
qualified deputy sheriff personnel should be the highest priority for the County of
Los Angeles and the Sheriff's Department; and
WHEREAS, securing the highest caliber of deputy sheriff personnel to
work in our community is dependent on the ability of the Sheriff's Department to
attract the best and brightest candidates; and
WHEREAS, A key factor in recruiting highly skilled and fully qualified
individuals to become LA County deputy sheriffs requires competitive pay and
benefits for deputy sheriff personnel.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved, that the City Council of the City of
Rosemead is in full support of efforts to provide competitive pay and benefits for
the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to recruit, hire, train and deploy the
best qualified individuals to help provide the highest quality public safety services
for the residents and businesses of our City.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of September 2015.
MARGARET CLARK, MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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�RAcHEL RICHMAN, CITY ATTORNEY
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Carol Cowley, Interim City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2015 -55, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD IN SUPPORT OF
EFFORTS TO RECRUIT, HIRE, TRAIN AND
DEPLOY PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE HIGH
QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES
was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the Rosemead City Council on the 8
day of September, 2015, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Alarcon, Armenta, Clark, Hall, Low
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN
None
ABSENT:
None