The basic responsibility of local government is providing its residents with basic public services, like clean streets, safe drinking water and safety.
That is what the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors did when it approved an agreement on July 22 to use sheriff deputies to strengthen policing at regional transit authority locations, including the downtown Modesto Transit Center..
The Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority — citing an increase nationally in security-related incidents at transit centers — will pay the Sheriff’s Office $478,967 for two full-time deputies, overtime and additional costs for the first year…