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Residents warn of public-safety and staffing impacts after sheriff withdraws from Operation Stone Garden
Summary
Community members told the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors that Sheriff Hathaway's withdrawal from Operation Stone Garden could cost the sheriff's office 8–12 deputies, increase overtime costs and force the county to repay federal equipment purchases under the program. Speakers urged the board to support deputies' bargaining rights.
Local residents and a former sheriff’s office sergeant told the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 that Sheriff Hathaway’s recent decision to withdraw from Operation Stone Garden could have a meaningful effect on local public safety and county finances.
“Looking as a former supervisor with the sheriff’s office…when we'd have calls come in that are unique to us on the Southern Border…these were calls that we relied on…
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