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PAGE TENSheriff PlansReshuffleBv DIKK WERKMAN! program began.Supervisors, attempting trim a $6,150,709 deficit fro the proposed budget, asked the 14 deputies for the ne program could be transfem from other programs.“No,” Hill declared.Ramos had warned earlii against cutting the number i deputies in the plan. “To redult; this plan would only put tl men in jeopardy.”Board Chairman John Conla asked Sheriff’s officials if erincoverage, the sheriff’s officials told the Board of Supervisors.Deputies would be placed on a 10-hour per day, four-day work week with overlapping patrol shifts coming during the peak crime hours from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. if the plan is placed in operation.Deputies assigned to the 16 patrol beats Would operate under a basic car or team concept where they would be permanently assigned to the area and become familiar with all aspects of the beat.“if you’re going to commit a crime, stay out of Ventura County,” is a reputation the county used to have, Hill declared.“We don’t have this reputation now, but I hope this program will bring it back,” he declared.Hill, Undersheriff Bert Seymour, Chief Raul Ramos, and Captain John Warnerlaboratory activities could b conducted in conjunction wit a new facility being planned b the Health Sendees Agency.Similar RecommendationSeymour said he saw somlt; problems in connection wit such a proposal, although hlt; noted that some laborator functions could be merged wit!any new facility built by thlt; county.Some of the Sheriff' Department proposals arlt; similar to changes recom mended by Port Huenenn Police Chief A1 Jalaty. who i: a candidate for sheriff in thlt; November election.Seymour, who opposes Jalatj in the sheriff’s race, was asket today if the proposed change; were adapted from Jalaty’:recommendatia.a.According to Seymour, “wlt; don’t consider that to be the case.” The undersheriff saic “we utilized concepts from thethetheaspresented the proposal during I Los Angeles Police Department, the third day of hearings on!the father of the basic cal the proposed 1974-75 county j program.” budget. j Further, Seymour saidThe $348,400 proposal was a;sheriff is not proposing last-minute switch in two earlier j resident area deputies, plans Hill has presented in an recommended by Jalaty.effort to obtain extra funding | Sevmour Dismayed from the supervisors. The first „T ‘ ... .. ’ . ...new Siertw mh™Sth!„ 'hen we wan, to make im-new deputies, four more than; th .P7C fheTI,n]?ndaylVemiltor »« ’ t0 “paTro. areas —2th1 iSS* fflilp31nL(-AR™l The undersheriff added: “I'. per 0,jai, Boy I regent anvone who tries toto Pirii i,a(J e? 1 make political gain out of this.area We’re dealing in citizens’ safetyaiea (C) - Camanllo to the!h not oolitics ”area* m Z-'Zl 1IT'^ 1 JaiatV SaW ab°Ut the Sheriff’sa j ! Il ' k i fplan suggested to the super-p ? p visors: “I think it’s great, butP “a c°nne}°\it Should have been im-line and the Frankare^Tp) plemenlt;ed a io!,g time a”°ci.” 1-1 That (program) is what I’vebeen talking about campaign constantly.Somis to Santa Susana and county line.The team concept of policing has been used in the Moorpark area since early May.A Sheriff’s Department report said that, among other things, burglaries have gone down andin my“As for adding 14 more men,” Jalaty said there “are enough j in the department now to handle j the new program.”Jalaty added that he is “thankful they want to providemisdemeanor and felony arrests more units in the field because have increased since the the need is obvious.”Part of Special Fund$40,000 ExpectedFor SheriffiOfficeThe Ventura County Sheriff’s, legislature not passed AB 180, Department is expected to * the important law enforcement receive approximately $40,000jphase of the probation subsidy-as part of a $2 million special program now operated by 42 allocation provided through California counties would have Assembly Bill 180, authored by j been severely limited. Assemblyman Ken MacDanaidD-Ojai, and signed this week by Gov. Ronald Reagan.‘Programs Vary’“Each of the 66 ongoing_. , i programs in the state varies inThe measure is extension ot size an(j complexity, mirroringan existing county probation needs of individual com-subsidy program. It seeks to niunities. The Department of give law authorities, working youth Authority has respon-through youth Authority, an,sibility to allocate the funds! opportunity to place special;based on 10 per cent of the! emphasis on crime prevention,county’s earnings under the!and on counseling of youth.Increase Desiredprobation subsidy act. I was dad to see the governor shar-MacDonald, who said today ed enthusiasm for the prohe hopes to get Ventura . .County’s allocation increased, , measure becomes elmd vl F a. —. ^ — — — _ _ — . — —.J _ _ A aa 1 _ ■ afectiveexplained that in the past there I ‘y11*' immediately, has been “considerable con- suPIKt l0(*by thecern” that law enforcement theAs^e° Citbeen “put out” of that type of pin™’ 1,^! Si,Police Department, VeiIt wa: County,rw IOfVinvolvement by social workers. , aSwwTi I lamThHegislation also authorizes MilL the Alameda and San 1174,000 tO the Director of the j Bernardino County Board of Aouth Authority for ad-1 Supervisors and San Joaquin ministrative costs. jJuvenile Delinquency!MacDonald said, “had the 'Prevention Association. ‘USE THE WANT AD
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