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POLICE DEPARTMENT

2020 Budget Presentation

Police Department

“With dedication, pride, and commitment, we serve in partnership with our citizens to provide a safer, healthier, and peaceful environment.” Department Responsibilities:

• Law Enforcement
• Crime Prevention
• Criminal Investigations
• Emergency Communications

Organizational Chart FTE: 51.5

Major Accomplishments

• Policy Updates
• Power DMS
• Paperless
• External Vest Carriers
• Health Impacts
• More Ergonomic
• BVP Initiative
• Community Outreach
• National Night Out
• Citizen’s Police Academy
• Socks for Seniors
• Coffee with a Cop
• Honor Guard
• Drug Takeback

Major Accomplishments

• Two Civilian Positions
• Parking Enforcement

Officer (11/2018)

• Criminal Investigations

Division Support Technician (4/2019)

• Officers assigned to

Southern Maine SRT

• New Cruiser Design
• Equipment (Byrne

JAG, Firehouse Subs)

• Website/Daily Logs

RAD FY2019 Update

• Parking Enforcement Officer
• Hired in the fall of 2018
• Number of Tickets Issued:
• BEFORE: 134
• AFTER: 358

$3,425 $10,600 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 5/2018-11/2018 11/2018-4/2019

Parking Enforcement Revenue

Major Challenges

Demands on Law Enforcement

Number of Officers Needed On Calls Documentation Demands City Growth Opioid Concerns Mandatory Training Requirements Arrest & Booking Time

Major Challenges

OPIOID CONCERNS

• Number of officers required to respond on

calls (Naloxone/CPR/AED/Investigations)

• York County Jail requires a 4 hour
• bservation at a hospital after

administration of Naloxone before they will accept a prisoner. ARREST/BOOKING TIMES

• OUI/DV arrests
• Combative Prisoners
• Drive time

Increasing Demands on Law Enforcement

MANDATORY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

• Active assailant (Columbine, April 20,

1999)

• Terrorism (9/11)
• Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)
• Medical training – Trauma/Casualty

Care, tourniquets and Naloxone.

DOCUMENTATION DEMANDS

Over the last 139 Days...

• 129 Arrests
• Average of 6.35 Hours/Day on

Reports (not including arrest reports)

• 3 Officers &1 Sergeant Per Shift

Increasing Demands on Law Enforcement

CITY GROWTH

• Park North project continues –Child care

center 250 kids – 76 unit apartment building

• Opportunity zone growth – Ready Seafood,

Hancock Lumber, etc.

• 31 residential units – Saco Island Unit 91.

(Code Enforcement)

• 34 residential units – Phase III on Cutts

Avenue

• Request for an additional 79 single family

homes off Buxton Rd.

NUMBER OF OFFICERS NEEDED ON CALLS

• Arrests take between 2 – 4 hours.
• Serious Injury/Fatal Accidents – 2 hours at

the scene, 40 hours to reconstruct.

• Calls requiring more officers.

Budget Summary

Budget Summary

FY2019 Adopted $ Change FY2020 Directive RADs REC RADs FY2020 Recommended Expense 3,930,056 197,554 4,127,610 222,426 119,799 4,247,409 Revenue 146,444 (7,544) 138,900 138,900 Operating Income (3,783,612) (205,098) (3,988,710) (222,426) (119,799) (4,108,509)

Budget Increases

• Salaries – contractual obligations
• Police Cruisers – 2020 Model Year (redesign) will increase by

approximately $7500.00. Offset part of the cost with trade-in.

• PSAP cost increase $7179.00
• MCJA Academy increasing by $500.00/trainee (not asking for

additional funding)

Areas for Savings

• Fleet Maintenance – Decrease $5000.00
• Supplies (cleaning, office, etc) – Decrease $2460.00
• Utilities (heating & electricity) – Decrease $2472.00

Requests Above the Directive

Project Name Priority Frequency Requested Recommended

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Headcount - Increase Police Patrol by 2 Critical Need One-Time 1,650 1,650 Headcount - Increase Police Patrol by 2 Ongoing 137,536 137,536 Total 139,186 139,186

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Headcount - Increase Police Patrol by 2 Critical Need One-Time 1,650 Headcount - Increase Police Patrol by 2 Ongoing 137,536 Total 139,186

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Patrol PC Upgrade Critical Need One-Time 12,800 12,800 Total 12,800 12,800 GRAND TOTAL 291,172 151,986

Request for Additional Police Officers

What has changed since 2000?

• Increased Demands on Law

Enforcement

• Population Increased 15.83%
• 2000 – 16,482
• 2017 – 19,485
• Patrol Staffing Levels Flat
• 2000 – 36 Sworn Officers
• 2017 – 36 Sworn Officers

2000 2017

How Many Officers Do We Need?

Over the years a number of methods have been used:

• Crime trends
• Officer-to-population ratios
• Minimum manning levels
• Authorized/Budgeted Approach or “what can I afford”
• Workload based – Actual demand for police services
• Geography

Which one is best? It depends…

We Need Four New Officers

• Utilizing a lower ratio of 2 officers/1000 permanent residents, the

Saco Police Department should be staffed at 40 sworn officers.

• Calls require multiple officers. A traffic collision on a major road

typically requires the entire shift.

• Requests for community services: 24 speed detail complaints, 13 in

Ward’s 1,2, and 3. We cannot meet the demand.

• Significant growth in North Saco and Route 1.
• The Saco Police Department needs to add a fourth patrol zone for

the City in order to provide better coverage.

Patrol PC Upgrade – Technology RAD

• Updating the Modems in Police Cars
• The current modems are coming up on end-of-life/end-of-support. This

will put us out of compliance with CJIS (FBI) security policy.

• Restricted Internet access will reduce officers need to be in the station.
• “Screen Safe” Technology.
• Access Policies in Power DMS, email, access to laws, city website, etc.