PUBLIC SAFETY

Residents need to feel safe in their homes and out in public. Not feeling safe leads to a lot of stress and other disorders. The number one job of city officials is to ensure safety for their residents EQUALLY for ALL people regardless of race, gender identification, age and economic status. Santa Clara was rated the 35th safest City in the US with populations of more than 100,000 people.

 

Former Chief of Police Mike Sellers has endorsed me.

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I currently serve on the Chief of Police Citizens Advisory Committee.

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I am a graduate of Santa Clara's Citizens Police Academy

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I am a Neighborhood Watch captain and have hosted National Night Out parties at my home for over 15 years.

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So while I have a great history with SCPD, I believe we can and must do better. We need to spend more money training our police officers in use of force techniques. Fortunately SCPD has just purchased a new Use-of-force simulator. We need to adopt the principles of "Eight Can't Wait".