POLICE DEPARTMENT

2017 Business Plan Butch Ayers, Chief of Police

Agenda

• Department Overview • 2016 Accomplishments • 2016 Performance Summary • Environment • Challenges • 2017 Budget • 2017 Decision Packages • Questions

POLICE DEPARTMENT Department Overview

Department Overview

• Authorized 1,104 employees, including 783 sworn officers and 321 non-sworn employees

• Third largest full-service police department in Georgia

• CALEA accredited since 1993 and awarded the Gold Standard of Excellence in 2013

• Georgia certified law enforcement agency since 1999

All Gwinnett County Services for all 918,132 residents residing in Gwinnett County, including all cities: • E-911 • Emergency Management • Animal Welfare and Enforcement • Hazardous Devices Unit

• Funding Sources: General Fund,

E-911 Fund

Police Services District Full service law enforcement to 780,128 citizens residing in: • Unincorporated Gwinnett

County • Seven “non-police” cities

• Funding source: Police

Services District

Development & Code Enforcement

Code enforcement services to 695,875 citizens residing in: • Unincorporated Gwinnett

County • Funding source: Development

and Enforcement Services District

POLICE DEPARTMENT Accomplishments

2016 Accomplishments (YTD July 31, 2016)

• Hired 65 police officers • Hired 65 civilian employees • 40 recruits graduated from the Police Academy • Promoted 42 employees • Youth Police Academy • One Congregation One Precinct (1C1P) • Acquired weapon mounted lights for pistols

2016 Accomplishments (YTD July 31, 2016)

• Acquired Tasers for all officers

• Acquired ballistic helmets for all officers

• 4.8% increase in animal save rate

• Twitter account opened January 1, 2016 • Coffee with A Cop Program – Community

Outreach Program

POLICE DEPARTMENT Performance Summary

2016 Performance Summary

2015 2016 Projected

Police Calls Dispatched 732,566 747,348

Fire Calls Dispatched 84,718 89,286 Total Calls Dispatched 993,117 1,004,070 Criminal Cases Assigned 4,437 4,280 Criminal Arrests 17,101 19,570

Citations Issued 85,254 91,116

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2016 Performance Summary Violent Crime Rate

221

188 200

194 188 216 227

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Projected

Number of Violent Crimes per 100,000 Citizens

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2016 Performance Summary Property Crime Rate

2,547 2,262 2,138 2,240 2,157 2,080 2,051

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Projected

Number of Property Crimes per 100,000 Citizens

2016 Performance Summary YTD Crime Trends as of July 31

Type # % Change Trend Homicide 18 38.46% Up Robbery 411 -1.91% Down Assault 526 27.98% Up Rape 77 8.45% Up Burglary - Residential 1,375 -2.07% Down Burglary - Business 403 45.49% Up Entering Auto 1,909 -0.68% Down Vehicle Theft 657 -16.09% Down

Theft (All) 4,988 2.26% Up

POLICE DEPARTMENT Environment

Environment

Labor Market

Current Issues

Staffing

Hyper-Competitive for Police Officers

Negative Perception – Threats

Critical Level

POLICE DEPARTMENT Challenges

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Service Population 708,845 728,524 735,100 745,962 761,172 780,128 798,034

660,000

680,000

700,000

720,000

740,000

760,000

780,000

800,000

820,000

Increasing Service Population

Less Interest in Police Work

3140

3948 3503

3111

2285 1978 2599

3120 2856 2852

2050 1730

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Projected

Applications (HR) Applications - OPS

Sworn Police Attrition

45 55 55

79 81

98

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Total AttritionVoluntary AttritionTrendTrend

Recruiting Efforts • Job Fairs

– Local – Out-of-state – Colleges and military bases

• Recruitment Advertising – Website – Outdoor advertising – Mobile advertising – Law enforcement publications

Recruiting Efforts • Lateral Hiring Program

– Experienced Georgia-certified officers • Employee Referral Program

– Cash incentive for referring successful new hire – Best recruiters = GCPD employees

• Review Hiring Guidelines and Standards – Update guidelines considering current societal norms

• Review Training Standards and Curriculum

Sworn New Hires vs. Attrition

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57 50

71

106

65 55 55

79 81

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016(8/30/16)

Sworn Hired Sworn Attrition

Sworn New Hires – Attrition = Net

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-29

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10Net Gain or Loss

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Since 2011, net loss of 66 sworn officers

(8/30/16)

Service Population x 1000 vs. Actual Sworn Manpower

708 729 735 746 761

780 798

714 719 692 688 692

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Service Pop Sworn Officers Trend

Staffing Ratio Officers per 1,000 Citizens

Gwinnett 2030 Unified Plan recommends 1.3 officers per 1,000 people, with a minimum staffing ratio of 1.10 per 1,000 people.

– 1.00 ratio = 783 Officers (current authorized) – 0.86 ratio = 670 Officers (current actual) – 1.10 ratio = 859 Officers (minimum) – 1.20 ratio = 937 Officers – 1.30 ratio = 1,015 Officers (recommended)

Staffing Ratio Officers per 1,000 Citizens

1.070 1.040 1.031 1.016 0.986 1.002 0.979

1.008 0.987 0.941 0.922 0.919

0.859 0.800

0.900

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1.100

1.200

1.300

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Authorized Ratio Actual RatioGoal - 2030 Unified Plan Minimum - 2030 Unified Plan

Staffing Ratio Officers per 1,000 Citizens

Comparisons Actual Gwinnett County PD 0.86 Atlanta PD 4.40 Cobb County PD 1.17 DeKalb County PD 1.22 National Peer Average 2.30 Gwinnett Municipal PD Average 2.23

Criminal Investigations and Uniform Divisions Actual Sworn Staffing Levels

130

142 139

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114 113

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120

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Criminal Investigations

Criminal Investigations

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481 470

462 444 439

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Uniform

Uniform8/30/16

Current Responses to Manpower Issues

• 12 hour shifts for Uniform Division • Shifting manpower from proactive to reactive policing • Overtime – Violent Crime Task Forces • Tele-Serve Unit • Case management of criminal reports/complaints

– “Triage” and solvability factors determine which cases are investigated

– Reduced participation in federal law enforcement task forces

Expensive Cycle of Attrition

Trained Officer

Attrition

Recruiting

Academy Training

Field Training

Expensive Cycle of Attrition

• The cost of attrition is significant • Average time from date hired to completion of field

training is between 8.5 – 12 months • Minimum cost to REPLACE each sworn officer lost

through voluntary attrition is approximately $52,401 per officer (cost of 1,500 hours of training)

• Does not include other various costs associated with selection, hiring, and training

Expensive Cycle of Attrition

• Minimum cost to replace officers who voluntarily left:

• 2013 – 46 officers, $2,410,446 • 2014 – 50 officers, $2,620,050 • 2015 – 64 officers, $3,353,664 • 2016 – 53 officers, $2,777,253 (YTD 8/30/16)

• Total: 213 officers, $11,161,413

POLICE DEPARTMENT 2017 Budget

2017 Budget – All Funds

$90,055,617

$18,180,073

$6,592,919 $3,168,272 $1,322,439 Total = $119,319,320

Police Service District

E-911

General

Development - Code Enforcement

LEA-SOA

Fund Comparison Fund 2016 Adopted Budget 2017 Budget Request Difference

001 - General 6,475,486 6,592,919 117,433

095 - 911 16,557,566 18,180,073 1,622,507

104 - Development Code Enf 2,976,602 3,168,272 191,670

106 - Police Service District 91,265,154 90,055,617 (1,209,537)

070 - Special LEA 1,563,552 713,259 (850,293)

072 - Special State 708,060 609,180 (98,880)

TOTAL 119,546,420 119,319,320 (227,100)

POLICE DEPARTMENT Decision Packages

Decision Package 17-POL- 001 10 Part-time Police Officer Seniors - $352,662

• Goal – Augment the current staffing needs for sworn officers

• Outcome – Provide additional manpower at lower cost, by using in support role, freeing F/T officers for assignment

• Duties: training instructors, recruiting and hiring, patrol road officers, lobby officers, and other positions as needed

Decision Package 17-POL- 002 2 Emergency Management Specialists - $132,255

• Goal – Increase staffing level to 0.85 per 100K people • Outcome – Improve efficiency and reduce consultant

usage and fees • Planning for and coordinating response during

emergency incidents and disasters • Assists Gwinnett County Government and citizens with

recovery after an incident/disaster

Decision Package 17-POL- 002 2 Emergency Management Specialists - $132,255

Decision Package 17- POL- 003 Crime Scene Supervisor - $88,509

• Goal – Supervision of the Fingerprint Identification Unit. • Outcome – Provide direct supervision for three (3) Crime

Scene Technicians in the FIU; currently no direct supervisor

• USDOJ requiring departments that operate a forensic lab to obtain and maintain accreditation within five (5) years

• Accreditation process will include direct supervision of the FIU

Decision Package 17-POL- 005 Sound Baffling for Animal Shelter - $49,000

• Goal – Reduce noise level in kennel areas of the Animal Shelter • Outcome – Protect workers’ hearing and create a more tranquil

environment for the animals • Meet OSHA’s Hearing Conservation Program to protect

employees who are exposed to noise above 85 decibels • Current noise in kennel often exceeds 118 decibels • Benefits include more tranquil workplace • Calms animals, prevents anxiety, and make animals more

adoptable

Decision Package 17- POL- 006 Reduction – Red Light Program ($372,000)

• Goal – Dissolution of Red Light Camera Program • Three camera systems removed • Previous experience showed that serious accidents did

not increase at locations after cameras were removed • One camera system was in the way of construction project

and needed to be removed • Outcome: $372,000 in cost savings

Decision Packages Summary Decision Packages Cost

17-POL-001 Part-time Officers $352,662 17-POL-002 Emergency Management Specialists $132,255 17-POL-003 Crime Scene Supervisor $ 88,509 17-POL-005 Sound Baffling for Animal Shelter $ 49,000 17-POL-006 (Reduction – Red Light Program) $(372,000)

Total Decision Packages $250,426

POLICE DEPARTMENT Questions