The city of Mountain View began construction on the new Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center this week, and for vehicle dwellers parked along Crisanto Avenue, the project adds another measure of
MV police officer’s new role links homeless with vital services Written by Megan V. Winslow
Throughout her nearly 18-year tenure with the Mountain View Police Department, Janleah McPherson became known for the shoes and clothes she carried in the back of her patrol car. Her duties as a patrol officer did not entail donating these items to those she encountered on her beat, but she did so anyway and without the approval of her supervisor.
In March, McPherson, 44, took over as the MVPD’s newest community outreach officer. It is a role she has desired for years, even before 2017, when a grant began funding the position. Following in the footsteps of MVPD officers Mike Taber and Ruben Gonzalez before her, McPherson is now the link connecting Mountain View’s unstably housed population with the local food, shelter and mental health services available to them.