Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Subject: Proposed FY 13-15 Proposed Policy Budget Date: May 13,2013 • Page 35 functions of Police Evidence Technicians (PET). To fill the four PET positions with civilian staff, it would cost $104,997.14 per PET, which totals $419,988.56. A complete department review is needed to determine what would be required and how civilization would relieve the resources of swom staffing. Until a more complete study is performed, existing staff is trying to keep up with the increased level of demand with less resources. 3) With the proposed increases in the Police Department budget, what levels of accountability will be? OPD has many levels of accountability. The current oversight stmcture includes a Federal Monitor, a federally appointed Compliance Director, and the City's organizational stmcture where the Police Department falls under the management purview of the City Administrator. In addition, the Administration has legislative accountability to the City Council. Furthermore, given this unique stmcture, OPD has a myriad of policies that direct action that staff need to take towards improving the Department's functions. Additionally, the City has engaged some of the best law enforcement minds lo provide department recommendations lo yield results in crime fighting and ensuring safe and secure communities. The proposed additional resources in the Police Department budget is a resuh of the Administration's commitment to reinvesting in public safety resources to be able to provide the basic level of service delivery for the Oakland community. It should be noted that by replenishing the staffing levels through the programming of two academies over the next two fiscal years, this will, in turn, hardly exceed the national standard of the amount of swom resources that OPD needs—but rather slop the further reduction of swom resources caused by monthly attrition. The investment in civilian staff is key in supporting and enhancing OPD's effectiveness in promoting public safety. 4) Beginning in September to the present please provide, by month, each sworn position that has been vacated due to retirement, resignation or disability. List out each separately. Please refer to Attachment K. 5) In the Financial Summaries section of the Proposed Budget (pg. D-11 under Non- Departmental), why is the proposal to allocate $2M each year for the Sheriff and CHP in the Proposed Budget despite the fact that there are two Academies each FY? While the Proposed Budget includes the addition of two academies each FY, this not an immediate staffing solution given that it can take anywhere between 12-15 months from the time that the academy application period begins lo when members of the academy actually graduate. In addition, proposed additional two academies per FY will only bring the swom level to 697 FTEs—will just provide a basic level of service delivery to Oakland. The proposed budget earmarks $2M for service agreements with outside law enforcement