City of Santa Clara police are in need of officers to supplement law enforcement services at San Francisco 49ers football games when the team’s new stadium opens for the 2014 NFL season, and the Morgan Hill City Council is likely to allow local police to join that effort.
An agreement with the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the City of Santa Clara to allow MHPD officers to work at the new stadium on game days was on the Council’s consent agenda for Wednesday’s meeting.
Officers who choose to do so would be permitted to work at the new stadium – providing crowd and traffic control, among other duties – during their time off duty from the Morgan Hill Police Department, according to City staff. The officers would be paid $55 per hour while working for the City of Santa Clara at the new stadium, which is under construction.
A City staff report notes that as reserve officers for Santa Clara, local officers’ duties to Morgan Hill will take priority over any potential stadium assignment.
