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MEMO TO BUDGET COMMITTEE REGARDING
<br />STAFFING IN POLICE DEPT. AND BUDGET CUTS
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<br /> Re~erdin_~ c, ur budget cuts I heve been dc, in~ ~ lot o~ soul
<br />seer. chir,~ end other, e:<eminetion of the needs for. Poli,ze set'vices
<br />4:or. the b¢lance c,~: 19771. I h~ve cc'me to sever.~l conclu~ic, ns ~n,J
<br />mill summ~r, ize them he~e, ~o~ ~ur. ther. discussion e'~ the budget
<br />he~r. in~ on ~Pr. il 23rd.
<br /> As ~or- the additional ot:~.cer, me ~r.e ~r-o~l'.,' under, m~nrmed
<br />~ deP~r, tment servine a community the ~ize o~ R~mseY in the metr. o
<br />~pe~ ~ith the c~l 1/~ctivitY demands Previously noted in ~
<br />~r.o~, O~icep ~r. rmeson re~r. dir, 9 ~t~Fin~ need~. Ne ~h,:,uld h~ve
<br />h~d 11 P~tr. ol officer. 5, accor, dJ.n~ to that ~tud',', in 19$~0. We
<br />r. emain ~t seven P~trol oFFicer, s. I~ it i~ ~t ¢11 Possible to do
<br />so, I need thet ~dditior,¢l officer. ~:or. 1991. ~ ~Pr. ov~l could
<br />be ~iven in July, usirm~ HPRS end con~ider, in9 the
<br />testir,~/ir, ter. viemin~ ~ctor'~, I doubt thi~ Per.~on mould be hit. ed
<br />~nd dr.a~in9 s~l~r-'.,' until mid- or. l~te ~u~,.ist. I~ HPRS does not
<br />have ~ ~c, od l i~t o~ c~ndid~te5 the time could be ~Pr. eci~bl'.,-
<br />lon~er.. At $12.85/hr.. ~of ~our. months the s~ler-Y co,ts, not
<br />includir,~ PERA, NC:, Health Ir, sur~nce is $8,224. Thi~ i~ ~bout
<br />the m¢~e o~ ~ staptin~ o~icer. ~nd ~ith PERA, WC ~nd insur.~rmce
<br />the cost ~ould ~till be under.
<br />The second conclusion I ~h~ve r.e~,shed is tfm~t ¢ need ~ Per. son
<br />Jn er, ~nter. med~ete comm~r,d leyel~ that i~, ~ Ser-~e~nt. ~t this
<br />time ~ ~m ~dm~r,~ster.~n9 t,) ten ~er.~on~ (e~ht o~F~cer.~ ~r,d
<br />o~F~ce ~er. sc, ns). This ~s ~r, unpe~l~t~c.comm~nd level
<br />su~er.v~s~or,. Jr, ~ ver. Y r. ecent deci~c,n Fr.c,~, the BuPe~u ot: "
<br />~ed~¢t~on ~er.v~ces ~nvolvihg ~ R~mseY O~tY c~se the med~tc, r'-
<br />~o,Jnd ~n t~o ~n~t~nces thct ~er.~ons ser. v~n~ no~ ~s ~dm~n~str.¢tor. s
<br />(su~er-vimop~) h~d need ~or. ~hter. med~te ~uPer'v~sopY level~ ~nd
<br />both ~n~t~nce~ the r, umber.~ su~er.v~sed ~er.e h¢1~ of less then
<br />the numbep o~ Per.~on ~ cur. r. entlY
<br />~ h~ve Fou~,d that m'.,' ev~luct~ons oF the o~F~cer, s ~r.e
<br />becoming mor. e ~r,d mope r'emoved 1:porn the ~ctu~l cont¢ct ~nd
<br />obser, vcr, ce level needed t,) ~r.o~er.l'.,' deter-m~ne ~er. For. mance. Th~s
<br />~e d~st~nce, ~r, t~me end Place, ~l~e~ to the on~c,~ng need
<br />9u~,JEnce end cr.~t~,ue. The m~nten~nce oF ~ sh~Ft schedule ~s
<br />vepY t~me con~um~n~ ~or' me and could be better, be h~ndled bY ~
<br />~er. son ~r, ~r~ ~nter. med~te su~er-v~sor. Y level. The s~e ~s tpue
<br />vehicle m~i.r, ter,~nce ~nd LlS~ge schedules. ~ss~t~nce ~s
<br />needed ~r, tr.~¢9~n~ com~l~nts to dec~de ~F the ~n~t~¢t~n~
<br />c,n the ~r, ve~t~tc, r. ~hould do the ~allc,~-,J~ end to m~ke ~upe that
<br />the ~ollo~-u~ ~s ~n F~ct be~n9 ~ccc, mPl~shed ~r-om~tlY ~nd
<br />effectively. On-goin~ tr.~n~ng ~nd C:E l~ceh~upe tr.~n~ng ~ ~
<br />ver-Y ~m~or.t~nt ~unct~on ~th~n the de~r. tment ~r,d ~s ~ duty that
<br />~he ~;er"~e~nt could ver. Y ~el 1 ~t
<br /> The cost For. ~ Ser. ge~nt'"s ~os~tion For. the b¢1¢n,:e o~
<br />~c, uld ~mount to the d~t:Fer-ence between ~ to~ P~tr-ol c,~F~cer./~
<br />~ege cn,J the ~ver. e~e metr. o ~r.e~ Sep~e~nt"s s~lapY. De~end~n~ on
<br />~ho J.s thc, set, For. the Pr. om,:,t~on the d~Fer, ence ~n cc, st could be
<br />lessened ~ the oFFicer. ~s ~lr.e~dY r'ece~v~r,g ~r.o-~Y e.t uh~tever.
<br />ste~ ~r'~ce ~ Sep~e~nt ~11 not r'eceive ~r.o-~'.~' or. longevitY.
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