Status report reveals more departures are expected.
Hiring and retention continue to be major issues for the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department, which has lost two sworn staff members in the past six months.
The department is currently hiring for two sworn officers, two communication dispatchers, a police and records manager and six per diem dispatchers to support the fulltime staff. There are currently four sworn dispatchers, and two are expected to be in training soon. “Due to our staffing, it has been challenging to have dedicated motorcycle units out there because we do not have a lot of staff that’s trained on the motorcycles,” she added.The department answered its 911 calls faster in 2022 than it did in 2021, with 96.8% of calls answered within 10 seconds in 2022 and 95.3% answered within 10 seconds in 2021, Field said.
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