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Sheriff reports 700 incidents in Q1; residents press board over pickleball noise and safety
Summary
Orange County Sheriff's admin sergeant told the board Rossmoor had 700 reported incidents from Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, including 55 reportable criminal/non-criminal incidents; residents later asked the board to address pickleball noise, court density and safety, requesting agenda items and enforcement steps.
Orange County Sheriff's admin sergeant Ernie Raghadio gave the Rossmoor Community Service District board a first-quarter public-safety briefing, and residents used the public-record portion of the meeting to press for changes at the Rossmoor park pickleball courts.
Raghadio said deputies documented 700 total reported incidents to the sheriff's department during January 1 through March 31, of which 55 were criminal or reportable incidents: three were categorized as crimes against persons (domestic violence incidents) and 39 fell into property or society offense categories (the breakdown included theft of motor-vehicle parts, thefts from motor vehicles, burglaries, vandalism and other larceny). He also reported two moving citations and 27 parking citations for the period and emphasized the importance of residents calling to report suspicious activity.
Directors asked for more follow-up and comparative data from prior quarters; Raghadio said he would relay requests to investigative sergeants and Captains Timmons and Stafford for additional detail.
During public comment staff read two emailed messages into the record from residents concerned about pickleball at Rossmoor Park. Rob Keats wrote that pickleball noise is "unsettling and intrusive" and asked for rules enforcement, reduced hours or pricing adjustments to discourage nonresident play; Sue Kaplan urged the board to treat pickleball as louder and more disruptive than tennis, to consider reducing the number of courts from four to two (to increase safety buffer space) and to require consistent on-site enforcement, occupancy limits and adjusted hours.
Board members acknowledged the concerns and discussed enforcement options and modest fee increases that staff had proposed in the preliminary budget to fund attendants for evening enforcement on courts. President Schade said staff would continue to study the court layout, enforcement and possible relocation or programming alternatives and will bring proposals to a committee or future meeting for more detailed public consideration.
