Consider all options on policing

The high and rising cost of contracting with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department for policing services has stirred up rumblings among some contract cities about going their own way or even forming a joint powers authority to create a separate police agency.
At a Sept. 12 council meeting, Mission Viejo Mayor pro Tem Ed Sachs raised the possibility of the latter idea. “[It] may be time, in fact, to start a (joint powers authority) in South County and start our own police services,&r