PUBLIC SAFETY
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Public Safety is my top priority
It is critical to community success. Utilizing technology and partnering with our Sheriff and Cal-Fire has increased safety and improved response times while containing costs. To help address homelessness and to shift some resources away from our First Responders, our City instituted "Homeless System of Care". We contracted with City Net Street Outreach Services. They have provided our City with 2 street outreach staff. They engage people experiencing homelessness across our City and by referrals from people in our community. Link to City Net.
CITIZENS ON PATROL
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Palm Desert’s Citizens on Patrol (COPS) is a group of citizen volunteers that serves as the eyes and ears of the City and the Palm Desert Police Department. The program is sponsored by the City of Palm Desert which provides training, uniforms, fully equipped patrol vehicles, meeting and operation facilities, and staff to support the program. COPS volunteers conduct non-confrontational patrols throughout the City. They report potential problems and suspicious activities to the police department. This program saves our taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.