POLICE DEPARTMENT2017 BUDGET PRESENTATION CITY OF SACO

RECOMMENDED BUDGET

FY 2016 BUDGET

FY 2017 BUDGET

$ CHANGE % CHANGE

Appropriations 3,695,481 4,988,981 1,293,500 35.0%

Less: Benefits 1,227,280 1,227,280 100.0%

Adjusted Appropriations

3,695,481 3,761,701 66,220 1.8%

Revenue -167,200 -272,411 -105,211 -62.9%

Net Amount 3,528,281 3,489,290 -38,991 -1.1%

MAJOR INFLUENCES• Criminal Investigative Division

• Additional MDEA Investigator’s Position—RAD Priority 1

• According to figures released recently from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 272 people died from drug overdoses across Maine in 2015, a 31% increase over 2014.

• This, on top of a jump in overdose deaths from 2013 to 2014 of 18%, a two-year jump of more than 54%.

• In 2015 more than 40 MDEA cases involved Saco, with the majority being trafficking and aggravated trafficking—not possession—cases.

• Just-completed federal trial

• Approximately 300 pieces of evidence and thousands of hours of staff time to successfully prosecute

• The investigation and subsequent trial consumed all of the CID resources available, as well as many patrol officers. State trial scheduled for late spring/early summer.

MAJOR INFLUENCES, CONT’D• Patrol Division

• Maintenance of the Cruiser Replacement Schedule-RAD Priority #2

• Average Vehicle Mileage, by category:

• Patrol: 50,000

• CID: 94,000

• Administrative: 113,000

• Operating Indicators, by Category (Calendar years 2013 to 2015):

• Total calls for service: 28,165 to 30,825 (+9.5%)

• Traffic Stops: 6,039 to 7,038 (+17%)

• Traffic Warnings: 4,548 to 5,654 (+25%)

• Traffic Arrests: 99 to 121 (+21%)

• Parking Tickets Issued: 276 to 348 (+25%)

MAJOR INFLUENCES, CONT’D• As the building ages we are beginning to encounter replacement costs of several

building systems.

• We replaced the transfer switch that enables the generator to power the police facility when power goes out. The system failed this summer and we lost all power, including telephones and radios ($10,000).

• The exterior groundwater pumps had to be replaced this year at a cost of over $7,000 even with Wastewater Treatment doing the actual work.

• The telephone system and Dictaphone recording system are being replaced after the telephone system began calling Poison Control without prompting ($57,000).

• Boiler replacement is scheduled to occur this summer/fall at a cost of approximately $85,000.

• Roof replacement has been on the capital plan for several years as it is nearing its expected ‘end-of-life’ .

ORG CHART

Total FTEs 48.5

REQUEST ABOVE DIRECTIVE (RAD) SUPPORTED BY RECOMMENDED BUDGET

Page #RAD

#Priority

Required RAD

Required Source

ReceivedRAD

Received Source

Purpose

S4 P45 1747 1 $78,772 Ongoing $78,772 Ongoing MDEA Drug Investigator

S4 P45 1748 2 $69,640 Ongoing $69,640 Ongoing Cruiser Replacement

S4 P46 1749 3 $9,241 Ongoing $9,241 Ongoing PSAP fees

S4 P46 1751 5 $0 Ongoing $0 Ongoing Outside Assignments

REQUEST ABOVE DIRECTIVE (RAD) NOTSUPPORTED BY RECOMMENDED BUDGET

Page # RAD # PriorityRequired

RADRequired

SourcePurpose

S4 P46 1750 4 $33,500 Ongoing 3rd Cruiser replacement