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Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office <br />Bob Fletcher, Sheriff <br /> <br />Memorandum <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />• County garage is the hourly rate charged for vehicle services, including oil changes, preventable <br />maintenance, routine maintenance, and outfitting. <br /> <br />The following tables summarizes the county’s internal service charges (estimates): <br /> <br />Ramsey County Internal Service Charges <br />Item 2019 Budget 2020 Budget Change <br />Dollar Percent <br />Property <br />management $128,424.94 $141,760.42 + $13,335.48 + 10.38% <br />Workers <br />compensation $122,975.60 $124,998.53 + $ 2,022.93 + 1.65% <br />County garage <br />(hourly rate) $67.50 $87.88 + $20.38 + 30.19% <br /> <br />Contract Communities Investments <br />In 2019, body-worn and in-car cameras will be implemented across the Sheriff’s Office, including the <br />Contract Communities. The estimated costs for implementation in 2019 is up to $1,387,176. Of that, <br />approximately $306,000 is estimated for personnel and $1,081,176 is estimated for equipment and <br />services (i.e., cameras, chargers, storage, etc.). All equipment and related services are available for <br />purchase under state master contract. The Contract Communities has already agreed to contribute <br />$100,164 in 2019. <br /> <br />The staffing needs of the body-worn/in-car camera program include four (4) full-time equivalent (FTE) <br />employees: a 1.0 FTE Deputy Sheriff Commander to serve as project manager to coordinate mandated <br />auditing and ensure proper training and adherence to policies and procedures; a 1.0 FTE Information <br />Services Local Area Network Support Specialist 2 to maintain body cameras/squad cameras, respond to <br />software/hardware issues, and act as a liaison with the Information Services Department and vendor; <br />and 2.0 FTE Investigative Assistants to analyze video evidence from body-worn and in-car cameras for <br />response to data requests, identify and redact protected data from videos, serve as a liaison to other law <br />enforcement agencies, and maintain video data. <br /> <br />The ongoing personnel, equipment, and support is reflected in the Contract Communities 2020 budget. <br />The Contract Communities will be responsible for a 12.87% or $61,600 of the personnel costs incurred <br />through administrative overhead. The costs for equipment and ongoing services are based on the <br />number of personnel and squads assigned to the Contract Communities for a budget estimate of <br />$119,380. In total, the estimated costs for body-worn and in-car cameras is $180,980 in 2020. <br /> <br />An additional Investigator (Deputy Sheriff) is added to the complement in the Contract Communities in <br />2020. The total number of cases investigated in 2018 for the Contract Communities has more than <br />doubled in the last five years. Over the same time, there has been an increase in the number of sexual <br />assaults reported as well as increases in cases generated from the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting <br />Center (started in 2015). Additionally, there has been an increase in fraud reports, especially scams that <br />prey on the vulnerable and elderly. Cases have also become more complex, often involving technology