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Sunnyvale officials defend integrated public‑safety model as department readies new station and hires
Summary
City leaders and Sunnyvale Public Safety command staff described the city’s integrated police/fire/EMS model, recruitment and staffing gains, capital projects including a redesigned Station 2 and new emergency operations center, and said the model gives the city operational flexibility.
Chief Fano, chief of Sunnyvale Public Safety, told a neighborhood meeting that Sunnyvale’s fully integrated public safety model — in which officers are trained to provide police, fire and emergency medical services — remains central to the city’s approach and gives the department flexibility to respond to varied calls.
The model, Fano said, requires officers “to be proficient in all three disciplines every single time they go on duty.” He and other command staff credited the model with allowing the department to move personnel between patrol, fire and medical response as operational needs…
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