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vol . 4, no. 52 : august 27-september 2, 2025 : losgatan.com
lghs football p8 : campbell drumming recital p10 : jeffrey blum p12 : police blotter p14 Dinah Cotton/Los Gatan
LGMSPD RELEASE OF LICENSE PLATE SEARCH RECORDS HEAVILY REDACTED Police department says it’s planning to expand its drone capabilities Anthon y Luo, Contributor
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department has taken a more secretive approach to responding to a California Public Records Act request submitted by the Los Gatan, when compared to how the County law enforcement agency handled the same ask. Meanwhile, at Council last week, the LGMSPD outlined a plan to beef-up sur veillance technology tools like remote-controlled aerial vehicles. In the coming years, the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department will explore the use of Drone as First Responder (DFR) technology—a fleet of drones that would serve as the first set of eyes on a crime scene—to make up for operational gaps and staffing challenges. The prospect of DFR technology was one of many possible new technologies included in the latest bi-annual Police Services Report, presented by Chief Jamie Field at the Aug. 19 Council meeting. “The police department has not grown in about two decades,” Field said in a presentation to the Council. “So, our solution to that is really looking towards technology to allow us to be more efficient.” T h e s e e va l u at i o n s w e r e made in response to an organizational assessment by Meliora Public Safety Consulting from ➝ LGMSPD, 7
SUNDAY FUNDRAISER Victor and Laura Adint in the Atrium at Nestldown, during an event in support of Cancer CAREpoint. Victor became involved with the organization after he lost his father to cancer. P6
LICCARDO JOINS ANTI-WILDFIRE LAUNCH IN LG Event featured remotecontrol-woodchipper, home-hardening demos Drew Penner, Reporter
In the preface to his book “California: A Fire Survey,” Stephen J. Pyne notes that the “Califor-
nia fire scene” has long shaped the broader American agenda. “For the national narrative the important fact is that what happened in California did not stay in California,” he wrote. “Ideas immigrated to California, underwent a transformation, often a radical simplification, and then emigrated outward.
For many regions of the United States one can tell the local fire story with minimal reference to the country overall. That isn’t possible in California.” And on Aug. 20, during a press conference at a trailhead just up the hill from downtown ➝ Wildfires, 4
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