Budget Request 2019-2020
Detailed Decision Package
Police
Add two police officers
The police department recommends hiring 2 full-time
Police Officers.
Background
As the community has
grown, the Police Department has not been able to add new police officers
creating both service delivery issues as well as officer safety issues. This
package adds two uniformed police officers to work in the patrol division, one
in 2019 and one in 2020.
Current situation
The Police
Department has 27 sworn positions. We are requesting to add 2 officers in biennium,
which would give us 29 sworn positions.
Proposed solution
Add 2 Police Officer
positions (#28 & 29) to the existing patrol force.