Honorable City Council, Back in September 2023, I expressed my concerns about the deployment of Flock camera technology in Menlo Park. I am writing today to express my ongoing concerns about Menlo Park becoming part of this vast, nationwide surveillance network. I have read the new staff repor...
Hi, My family and I have lived in Menlo Park for more than 20 years, and we are currently in the Sharon Heights neighborhood. In recent months, there have been invasive home robberies of my nextdoor neighbor and a home down the street, as part of a broader increase in home robberies in our are...
City Council: I strongly support the deployment of fixed Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) citywide, utilizing Flock technology. The effectiveness and success of Flock ALPRs for catching criminals, solving investigations, and tying suspects to crimes is indisputable. As staff points...
My family lives in Sharon Heights in Menlo Park, where we have lived for the past decade. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of our community. As you know, there has been a significant increase in robberies in our neighborhood, including many neighbors of mine. Recently, I personally witness...
Dear Madame Mayor Taylor and Menlo Park City Council Members, My name is Nisha Advani and I have been a resident of Menlo Park since 2010. Today I am writing as an advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence to request the City of Menlo Park to once again commemorate October as Dome...
CIty Council - I’m writing with a brief request for consideration of the upcoming license plate reading cameras to be placed on Cotton. This year, the MP police department has visited one of the Cotton Street residents nearly 10 times (!) to see if he has video footage that would help with the...
Seeing a response of no response from the council to my March 12 letter regarding obnoxious behavior by local police -- a silence probably recommended by the city attorney -- I have a take-away: this city is being led by a collection of milquetoasts. Theres a word you dont run across very often....
Dear City Council - I am writing to share my 100% support of Item H1 - Provide direction on a proposal to install Flock fixed Automated License Plate Readers citywide. I live in Sharon Heights and am extremely concerned about the increase in burglaries in our neighborhood. It is my understandi...
Dear Mayor Taylor, Council Members and Staff, I am writing to make sure you are aware of two important Quiet Zone developments to our north and south. First, last Friday, March 1st, Atherton officially declared the Watkins Avenue crossing a Quiet Zone. Upgrades to this crossing were completed...
Dear Council Members, I am writing to support making the Middlefield Road Safe Street Project a priority for 2024 - specifically intersections of Middlefield & Willow, Middlefield & Woodland and segment of Middlefield Road in-between. The safety of our children as bicyclists, and of motorists...
