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Residents urge council to back local officers, oppose contracting with county; council urges direct contact over social media
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to negotiate a fair contract with the Escalon police officers and not to contract policing to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office; the council praised officers for recent arrests and emergency response and asked residents to contact council members directly rather than rely on social media.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to urge the Escalon City Council to support the local police force and to resist proposals to contract police services to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office.
Resident Shayla Fowler said many citizens value the department’s community ties and urged the council to negotiate a fair contract rather than consider contracting with the…
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