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June 26,1999 <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />H!k'e one additional ofFicer (17 officer department) <br />Outcome:1.Easier to provide coverage to Lxjng Lake, easier to keep Spring <br />Park officer and Long Lake officer in their related city. <br />2.Reduce pressure to pay overtime to keep minimum number of <br />officers on the road. <br />3. Should reduce some re.sponse times. <br />4. Should improve officer safety. <br />5.Responds to the concern that the City of Orono does not have <br />adequate police coverage. <br />6.Responds to specific concerns of the police officers that were <br />expressed as high priority through the employee survey process: <br />a.)The current staff level often re.sults in one car patrolling <br />Spring Park and one car patrolling Orono/Long Lake. <br />Because the City of Spring Park is very concerned about the <br />Spring Park car remaining in Spring Park, a very strict <br />policy regarding when an officei may leave Spring Park to <br />respond to a call in Orono/Long Lake has been established. <br />The officers have indicated this policy is a major concern in <br />terms of the ability to respond to Orono/Long Lake calls. <br />The addition of the 17th officer would significantly reduce <br />the amount of times when only 2 cars are on duty, thereby <br />increasing the ability to respond to Orono/Long Lake calls. <br />Financial Impact <br />In terms of overall budget impact the timing of adding an officer in the 2(XX) budget is beneficial <br />for the following reasons: <br />The addition of the 17th officer should provide for a reduction in over-time and the part- <br />time officer costs. It is also estimated that the addition of a new officer will result in an <br />increase in court fine revenues, <br />Cost for Replacement officer <br />$64,389.00 <br />I7lhcop.501 <br />i