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VOL. 31, N0. 14
APRIL 7, 2017
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San Diego County Board of Supervisor Bill Horn gives the annual State of North County Address this week in San Marcos. Photo by Tony Cagala
Horn touts North RANCHO County’s financial footing, SFNEWS public safety efforts
Best of the best Elite Women’s runner Violah Lagat takes home $3,500 after coming in first during the Carlsbad 5K last weekend. See full race wrap up on page A17. Photo courtesy of Competitor Group
Discussion on police options in Del Mar to be continued By Bianca Kaplanek
DEL MAR — After spending more than two hours addressing the pros and cons of forming a standalone police department or maintaining a contract with the county Sheriff’s Department, council members at the April 3 meeting opted to hold another workshop to “digest” the information provided by staff. Del Mar has contracted with the county for law enforcement services since it became a city in 1959. About four years ago the city asked the advisory Finance Committee to look into law enforcement options as a way to possibly save money. As that effort progressed, concerns were expressed about the level of service the city was receiving from the Sheriff’s Department, which also contracts with Solana Beach and Encinitas. Specifically, residents said they
were dissatisfied with response times to low-priority calls and the frequent turnover of sheriff staff. They also had concerns about a lack of law enforcement presence. Studies focused on those issues have been conducted, including four by a consulting firm hired by the city in 2013 and one by city staff. Participants included retired and current police chiefs and other law enforcement officers and city managers from San Diego and other cities comparable in size to Del Mar. “We’ve definitely explored, from a profession standpoint, as many options as we could put together,” said City Manager Scott Huth, who presented the results, conclusions and recommendations April 3. If the city were to create its own police department, the result would be shorter response times and a greater, more consistent law enforcement
presence, Huth said. According to data from the Sheriff’s Department, in the past three years about 40 percent of the time deputies assigned to Del Mar responded to calls outside the city. On average about 18 percent of the time deputies from other areas came into Del Mar to respond to calls there. “When you net that out … roughly 21 or 29 percent of the time we’re providing more service to other communities on our dollar than what’s coming into Del Mar,” Huth said. He also noted the Encinitas-based station has had four captains in five years and high turnover among its deputies. Huth said that is part of the department’s model. “The sheriff is trying to get people trained … to move up in their own organization,” he said. “Part of their TURN TO POLICE ON A16
By Aaron Burgin
SAN MARCOS — With four members of the Board of Supervisors set to be termed out of office by 2020, Dist. 5 Supervisor Bill Horn urged potential candidates for those spots to follow in his and his colleagues’ fiscally conservative footsteps during his annual State of North County Address. “I want to see the next generation of supervisors, they need have that same commitment,” said Horn, who will leave office due to term limits in 2018. “When you vote for them, make sure you examine them on this issue, because if they drain the treasury, you’re not going to be able to do a lot of the things we have done.” Horn’s half-hour address highlighted a number of the county’s accomplishments in the North County region and countywide. He also acknowledged
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the efforts of the county’s public safety and first-responder entities. “They put their lives on the line,” Horn said of fire agencies.
Everything we do depends on these conservative practices that are working.” Bill Horn County Board of Supervisors
One of the main accomplishments, Horn said, is the county maintaining its AAA credit and bond rating for the 16th and TURN TO NORTH COUNTY ON A20
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