I’ve been wondering why all the police departments on the Peninsula (and the Monterey County Sheriffs) police cruisers have shed their unique color schemes and gone to LAPD style sinister black & white. Now the truth is out..
At the Jan. 16 Pacific Grove City Council meeting, council members approved studying whether the police department and all other city services could be run by the City of Monterey in an effort to make up a $2.9 million shortfall.
Police Chief Darius Engles said Monterey police are paid more than P.G. officers, leaving doubt whether the takeover would save money. And he also thinks the people of Pacific Grove will notice the difference.
“I personally don’t believe that they will be able to provide better service than we provide now,” Engles said.
Maybe they are tired of being mistaken as Taxis.