The Morgan Hill Police Department has created a challenging set of goals for the 2008-09 fiscal year, according to Morgan Hill Police Chief Bruce Cumming, who presented the new goals, along with the department's accomplishments during the 2007-08 fiscal year, to the Morgan Hill City Council during its budget workshop.
Some of the goals for the new year, which begins July 1, include reinstating the department's K-9 program with funding from community donations and implementing a city-wide telephone notification system.
Cumming also hopes to increase the department's 36 sworn officers with seven more sworn officers and two more multi-service officers, and the city has held two town-hall style meetings to gather community input on how to address the increase in staffing. Councilmembers may put a utility tax on the November ballot to pay for the additional officers.
The department had a productive year, Cumming said. Among the accomplishments, Cumming told council members, is the creation of a regional SWAT team with the Gilroy Police Department and the implementation of the anti-gang GREAT program in Morgan Hill schools.
The Gang Resistance Education And Training program is administered in Morgan Hill by Officer Mike Nelsen and funded by Morgan Hill's Redevelopment Agency.
Marilyn Dubil Marilyn Dubil covered education and law enforcement for The Times.
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