Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Deanna J. Santana, City Administrator Subject: Proposed FY 13-15 Proposed Policy Budget Date: April 25, 2013 Page 12 The CHP deployment of 10 officers in five double unit patrol vehicles and two sergeants in a supervisor vehicle, two days per week on varying days as requested in advance by OPD, for 10 hour shifts, will cost $162,000 for two months (60 days). The aimual cost of continuing this contract year-round would be $972,000. The ACSO deployment of 10 deputy sheriffs in five double unit patrol vehicles and sergeants in a supervisor vehicle, two days per week, will cost $265,000 for three months (90 days). The annual cost of continuing this contract year- round would be $1,060,000. Each of the contracts is equivalent to about 5 FTE officers if implemented year round, for a total of 10 between the two. 4) Please additional information about an additional 2 year Police Scenario including an OPD-run Police Academy and up to 30 officers paid for by Alameda County in an Alameda County Sheriffs Academy. The costs for the City to hold one academy per year are documented in the April 2, 2013 budget outlook presentation to City Council, the supplemental agenda report for the Five- Year Financial Forecast of March 22, 2013, and the informational memorandum of March 27, 2013 on Police Officer Academy Costs. Regarding enrolling 40 Police Officer Trainees (POT) in the ACSO's academy (30 graduates), the assumption is that the City would recruit and hire the Police Officer Trainees; the County would provide academy training facilities, instructors, and materials and equipment; the City would pay the POT salaries and benefits during the academy; the City would provide addhional Oakland-specific academy training for 8 weeks; and the City would provide field training. As detailed in the Police Officer Academy Costs memorandum, the pre-academy costs for a typical class of 55 Police Officer Trainees is $1.12M; academy costs are $2.725M due primarily to POT salaries and benefits; and field training costs are $1.173M. There is little scalability in pre-academy activities of recruitment, testing, background check, and character evaluation, meaning it will cost the City a similar amount for that stage for a 40 member academy with ACSO as it would for a City-run academy of 55. It is assumed that ACSO would bear the instructor and materials and equipment costs for the 40 trainees in their academy. The City would still have to pay the cost for POT salaries and benefits. The City would also have to provide 8 weeks of academy training on Oakland-specific issues and tactics, and would have to provide field training upon completion of the ACSO academy. As such, based on the assumptions above regarding the division of costs between the City and ACSO, and assuming no additional field training officers would be needed, it would cost the City $3.4M to run its own 40-in academy, and $3.3M to send its 40 POTs through the ACSO academy. Again, as the County is just bearing the facility, instructor, and materials and equipment costs, and the City still needs to provide 8 weeks of academy training, the savings to the City are limited. (Note that if the ACSO academy could be customized to cover more Oakland-specific issues, and therefore the City needed to provide fewer than 8 weeks of Oakland-specific training, the cost to the City of participating in the ACSO academy could be significantly reduced.) Item:^ City Council April 30, 2013