Al Smith, president/CEO of the Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce, and Ruth Evans, vice-chair of the Chamber's governmental affairs division and a Joint Powers Authority member, wrote this commentary about the need to consolidate public safety services in Fresno County.
You can read the commentary by clicking here.
Here are the opening paragraphs to their piece:
Recent headlines about inmate releases from the Fresno County Jail and the struggle to fund the county Public Defender's Office are just more reasons public safety integration must happen in Fresno County -- and must happen soon.
Fresno city and county leaders can no longer afford to drag their feet on this issue. Revenues are down. Departments are making deep cuts. And those cuts are now threatening public safety.
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