I. RECOMMENDATION:
The Police Department is recommending Council approve the creation of two new Police Corporal positions.
II. BACKGROUND:
Through FY 2009, the Police Department was allotted 4 Corporal positions. Those positions assisted with handling watch commander duties in the absence of a Patrol Sergeant, helped develop officers for future leadership positions and helped retain officers as it gave them future advancement opportunities to look forward to.
In FY 2010, only 3 Corporal positions were authorized.
In FY 2014, the number of Corporal positions authorized was reduced to 2 and we have been operating with 2 since.
III. DISCUSSION:
The Corporal position is a valuable position within the agency. The Corporal cannot only handle patrol duties but help cover shifts and act as a watch commander in the absence of a Sergeant. The Corporal is also a Field Training Officer (FTO), which will help save money while they are training as there is not need to provide FTO Pay. The Corporal position also allows officers a chance to advance in rank, gain experience with supervisorial and collateral duties, and gives them advancement to look forward to. This in turn helps the agency with employee retention, which saves money with background investigations for new hires. This also helps in saving overtime money as the Corporal can be used as a watch commander, meaning a Sergeant does not need to be paid overtime to cover a shift.
This change would adjust our staffing from two (2) Corporals and ten (10) Officers to four (4) Corporals and eight (8) Officers (SROs not included in count).
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
Do not approve.
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
Approximately $11,016.98 per Corporal position.
With the current qualified officers, the
immediate total fiscal impact would be between $3,384.68 and $3,553.94 per Corporal position. Given we are past the
middle of the fiscal year, the impact would be between $1,353.87 and
$1,421.58 per Corporal position for the remainder of this fiscal year for a total of approximately $2,843.16.
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