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Campbell PD sergeant who fatally shot man didn’t break the law, says DA report
A Campbell Police Department sergeant who, on March 19, killed a man who shot at officers didn't break the law, a Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office report has found.
According to the review, 31-year-old Miguel Gomez, who was under the influence of methamphetamine, had...
Participants of Community Police Academy reach finish line
It was the day after retired Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Sgt. Tam McCarthy helped lay a long-time cop, John Pernick, to rest.
So on Oct. 27, as he gave an address at a much more celebratory gathering—the inaugural Los Gatos Community Police Academy graduation—he...
Los Gatos agrees to $800K body-cam, Taser deal with Axon Enterprises
The Los Gatos Town Council unanimously approved a five-year $800,000 deal with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for body-worn cameras, tasers and digital evidence management
Los Gatos Appoints Jamie Field as its New Police Chief
The Town of Los Gatos has named its new top public safety official, a 20-year veteran cop who's been on the local force since 2009.
Jamie Field started at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department as a rank-and-file officer, rising to the rank of Captain...
Man reported for “yelling about Satan;” driver recovers rolls of toilet paper that fell out (Police Blotter, Sept. 25-Oct. 1)
Police Blotter for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1.
Sept. 25
• Golf clubs, money and various documents were reported stolen on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road.
• Two young boys were inside a store on the 400 block of N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 6:25pm, “throwing balls.” The...
Police told of 6-hr pool party on Longmeadow Dr.; man reported for playing piano ‘with a lot of trash around him’ (Police Blotter, July 17-23)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of July 17-23.
July 17
• A caller reported a loud party had been going on for more than four hours on Daves Avenue at 12:44am.
• A man was reportedly standing on Highway...
Los Gatos’ elementary school district to pay $5.1 million in child sex abuse case
Updated: 11:58 am, Oct. 21, 2022
Los Gatos' public elementary school system has agreed to pay a total of $5.1 million to two men who were sexually abused as children by Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher Joseph Brian Houg, the lawyers for the victims said...
Customer steals $10 from downtown business, uses it buy beer from the bar (Police Blotter, June 27-July 2)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 27-July 2, 2022.
June 27
• A man was arrested after he was found passed out under a tree on Howes Drive with a bottle of vodka next to him at...
Purse stolen; vehicle keyed; caller finds discarded whippits (Police Blotter, April 3-9)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 3-9, 2022
April 3
• A man reportedly followed a woman as she walked on the 200 block of Winchester Circle at 9:27am.
• Someone stole a purse at Vasona Park.
• A...
Town agrees to share license plate data with law enforcement agencies
In the 30 days leading up to Nov. 9, 2022, in order to find 23 vehicles that might have been involved in a crime, the Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system scanned 458,411 plates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation found.
Since then, Los Gatos’...
