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Form B-3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PERSONAL SERVICE CHANGES <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Department: <br />Public Safety – Police Division <br /> <br />Supervisor: <br />John Swenson, Public Safety Director <br /> <br />Position Title: <br />Police Officer <br />Budget Impact in 2018: $ 23,210.51 <br /> <br />Budget Impact in 2019: $91,426 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Justification for change: <br /> <br />The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department has received grant funding for one police officer for <br />the sole purpose of traffic safety. This traffic safety grant funding will end on September 30, <br />2018. <br /> <br />With the grant ending, there is an opportunity to retain this police officer position and remain at <br />27 sworn police officers. Retention of this police officer position will enable the Police Division <br />to increase staffing on one of the three patrol shifts. <br /> <br />Since 2012, the council has discussed police staffing on multiple occasions and staff has <br />prepared staffing studies for council consideration. These staffing reports provided information <br />on different metrics (population and availability rate) used to determine proper police staffing <br />levels. These staffing studies were presented to the council on July 1, 2013, August 5, 2013, <br />and May 4, 2015. Police staffing was also discussed as part of the 2015 budget preparation <br />during 2014, which resulted in the addition of one police officer position bringing the number of <br />sworn police staff to 26. <br /> <br />The previous police staffing studies demonstrate that based on the different metrics Lino Lakes <br />is currently under staffed with respect to sworn police staff. Further demonstrating the need for <br />additional police staffing are the increases in service demands over the last several years, <br />increases in certain crime categories of the Part 1 and Part 2 crimes, as well as the increased <br />development within the city. <br /> <br />Staff is requesting that over the next three budgeting cycles, sworn police staffing increase to <br />29. This would allow minimum patrol staffing levels to increase from two to three police officers <br />on-duty for all three shifts per day. This increase to a minimum of three police staff on-duty at <br />all times would be accomplished in 2020. This request will be re-evaluated every year as part of <br />the budgeting process to ensure that service demands, crime trends, and development have not <br />increased or decreased in a manner that would lead to a different police staffing decision. <br /> <br />Budget Work Session 7-31-17 52