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LOS GATOS, CA — The town of Los Gatos is facing a police dispatcher shortage, a situation that the president of the police union last week deemed a “public health crisis” as frustrations boiled over at a recent Town Council meeting.
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department currently has four full-time dispatchers for its 24-hour emergency dispatch center to serve over 30,000 residents, Town Manager Laurel Prevetti told Patch on Thursday.
Bryan Paul, president of the Los Gatos Police Officers Association, said last week that the remaining dispatchers were all working overtime hours, burnt out and exploring leaving the department. The town has the budget for eight dispatchers, but four dispatchers have either resigned or retired since July 2020, two more dispatcher trainees resigned and the town administration has been slow to fill the spots, according to Paul…
