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Public speakers tell supervisors Sheriff’s Stone Garden withdrawal will harm local policing and costs could exceed $1 million
Summary
Multiple residents told the Board of Supervisors they were concerned about Sheriff Hathaway’s decision to withdraw from Operation Stone Garden, saying the move will reduce staffing, harm public safety responses on the border and may cost the county if equipment and grant funds must be repaid.
Residents at the Feb. 4 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting urged the board to respond after Sheriff Hathaway withdrew the county from Operation Stone Garden, a federal grant-supported program that has funded overtime, equipment and cooperative border operations.
Travis Arnold, a Rio Rico resident and former sheriff’s office sergeant, told the board the sheriff’s action will have “catastrophic” effects on local…
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