New Sheriff's Station Opens in Lake Forest

Yesterday I attended the new opening of the SouthEast Substation serving the cities of Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, and RSM. Previously Lake Forest Sheriffs worked out of the Aliso Viejo substation that covered 10 South County cities.

Having the substation in our City means that our officers will have less travel time back and forth from Aliso Viejo and we will have reduced travel expenses. On the other hand, we now share the costs of a substation with only 2 more cities, instead of 9 more cities, so our costs are significantly higher. This increase in costs is part of the $1,000,000+ increase to the Police budget that has been proposed.

(Shown above is Captain Brian Schmutz, Sheriff Hutchens, and Supervisor Bartlett.)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest. You can check him out on LinkedIn and/or Facebook and you can share your thoughts about the City at Lake Forest Town Square on Facebook. His comments are not meant to reflect official City Policy.

Dr. Gardner has office hours every Tuesday from 3 pm to 5 pm at the City Hall. In addition, he holds a mini town meeting every month. The next meeting will be on May 16 at 2 pm at the Foothill Ranch Public Library.

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