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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: <br />$15,463.00 (November 1, 2020 start date) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Justification for change: <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. That discussion resulted in the addition of one police officer position bringing the <br />number of 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 />These increased service demands correlated with on-going growth within the City. <br /> <br />During the 2018 budgeting process, the Council decided to retain one police officer position that <br />had been funded with a traffic safety grant. The retention of this police officer position <br />maintained the police staffing at 27 sworn police officer positions. Due to staff turnover and <br />training of new police officers, we have not been able to continue with the traffic safety position. <br />Staff anticipates being able to dedicate one police officer to traffic safety and commercial vehicle <br />inspections in the 2nd quarter of 2019. <br /> <br />During the 2019 budgeting process, staff had requested one police officer positon be added in <br />2019 and another position added in 2020. The police officer position requested for 2019 was <br />not funded as part of the 2019 budget. It is staff recommendation that we add one police officer <br />in 2020 starting on November 1, 2020 bringing the number of police officer positions to 28. If <br />approved, staff would increase the minimum staff on the afternoon shift to three police officers. <br />The afternoon shift is the busiest shift at this time and this increase in staffing would allow staff <br />to better respond to service demands as additional housing units and elderly care facilities come <br />online. <br /> <br /> <br />45