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_____ <br />/ <br />/ <br />TO:Mayor and City Council <br />FROM:Chief Gary Cheswick <br />SUBJECT: Addition of Seventeenth Sworn Officer to the Police Department <br />Background: <br />The following is an analysis of the reques:' io add a 17th sworn officer to the police department, <br />the analysis includes a comparison of the effectiveness of a 16-officer department versus a 17- <br />officer department. <br />Current StafHng Level and Organisation <br />Authorized Strength: <br />1 Chief <br />I Sergeant <br />3 Corp-street supervisors <br />1 1 Patrol Officer positions <br />(one assigned as investigator) (one DARE* and school liai.son) <br />4 Part-time officers providing for approximately 1640 hours. <br />IS Full-time & approximately 1640 hours. <br />* The school liaison hours are extra and partially funded by the school district. <br />The DARE officer is funded through the Police Department <br />Proposed StafHng Level <br />Patrol Options: <br />Maintain current 16 officer department <br />Outcome:1.Too few officers to cover all contract commitments because many <br />times there are only two officers on duty; one for Spring Park and <br />one for Orono, Long Lake, and Minnetonka Beach. <br />2.Results in need for additional part-time officer hours and overtime <br />pay rates to full-time officers. <br />3. Longer response times to arrive at the scene when called, <br />4. Officer safety issues. <br />Addition of Seventeenth Sworn Officer to the Police Department memo <br />June 26,1999