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 38 FY 11-12 15,137,155 $21,793,253 FY 12-13* 14,835,148 $24,118,064 *Projected based on the 2nd Quarter of FY 2012-13 10) Beyond staffing increases in OPD as proposed in the Mayor's Budget; what specific projects, technology enhancements, and management practices/training is in the budget to move non-critical 911 calls for service off the 911 dispatch system and process? Are these tactics, practices, and technologies funded or unfunded and at what levels in the proposed budget? OPD is currently working with law enforcement experts who have produced a series of reports that provide assistance in improving performance of the Department in a variety of ways. First, the Compliance Director recently issued a Remedial Action plan that not only focuses on compliance with the NSA, but also focuses on areas broader than the NSA (e.g. improving performance), which will help to achieve modem police practices. Second, the Bratton Group recently completed its review of the OPD, and has provided recommendations with respect to short-term crime fighting strategies to address homicides, burglaries, robberies. Lastly, OPD is currently finalizing a call reduction plan, which will reduce dispatched calls by 10%-15%. The Department expects to begin to implement the plan in late May or early June of this year. With respect to technology enhancements in general, please refer to question #8 above. 11) Is the addition of a Program Analyst for the Ethics Commission a permissible use of Measure Y funds? (Pg. D-13) The added Program Analyst is funded by the General Purpose Fund (GPF), to support Public Ethics, Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB), and the Youth Commission. There is a .50 FTE currently funded by Measure Y, which supports the Measure Y evaluation program. 12) What is the cost of the 1 FTE Animal Control Officer? The cost for filling the vacant Animal control Officer positions is $73,777 for FY 2013-14 and $75,569 for FY 2014-15. 13) What span of coverage for Shotspotter technology is covered by the proposed budget? What would be the financial cost to have a police team to respond consistently to Shotspotter alerts? The Shotspotter technology currently covers about 80% of the City. To have the resources for a team that responds consistently to ShotSpotter alerts, this would consist of 2 FTE