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<br />Item Description:
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<br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
<br />REORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
<br />Date: 04/11/2011
<br />Item No.: 12 - b
<br />City Manager Approval
<br />11 BACKGROUND
<br />2 In Septembelr of 2009 Chief CaIrol Sletnelr retilred from the Roseville Police Depaftment. Since that time the
<br />3 Depaftment has, been administratively undem,taffed.
<br />5 OBJECTIVE
<br />6 The Police Department, as approved by the City Manager, wishes, to restrucWre in olrdelr to pelrfdrm public safety
<br />"7 s,elrvices, in a molre efficient mannelr to suit today's, public safety needs, while allowing folr calreelr enhancements,
<br />and s,ucces,lion planning fdr the Depaftment. The Depaftment is Irequesting the City Council approve the
<br />9 restructuring as presented below. The 2011 Budget contains, sufficient Iresources , to afford the restructure and
<br />110 approximately twenty thousand dollars , of salalry funds, will be saved in the process. Salalry savings, could be used
<br />11 fdr capital expenses, olr applied toward funding a retail officelr position as part of a fuWre reques,t. This position was
<br />12 outlined in the 2011 Council/ Department Head Planning Session as an "Ought to Do" in the near fuWre. The
<br />13 retail community would be tasked to fund the Iremaining salalry of the swolrn offlcelr.
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<br />15 The restrucWre process, includes,:
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<br />1 "7 1 Add two lieutenant �pos,itions,- Administrative and Investigative. The Department currently operates , with
<br />11 111",,'11 one lieutenant- Qpeer tions- which would be Iretained affolrding the Depaftment with t4ree lieutenants,. The
<br />119 Department would promote two current s,ergeants, to lieutenant via a Police Civil Selrvice ceftified testing
<br />20 process. The addition of two lieutenants, in the Department would be in line with other metro police
<br />21 agencies, of oulr size. The Human Resoumes, Manager has, adapted the job descdption to include the
<br />22 Administrative and Investigative Lieutenant and the current Lieutenant pay scale has, not �been affected.
<br />23 At this, time the Depaftment would not ask to fill a rank �between lieutenant and chief of police and the
<br />24, sworn staff would be voluntadly Ireduced from 49 to 48,.
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<br />26 Summaw of Lieutenant iob description: To as,s,ist the Police Chief in the planning,, senior leademhip,
<br />27 operations, and administration of the police department. Plans, and d[rects, the activities, of the as,s,igned
<br />28 police function; including supe�rvision,, development, �budgeting,, analysis, and troubleshooting,, and
<br />29 administrative reporting and reco�rdkeeping.
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<br />31 The lieutenant helps, the Chief define,, establish and attain overall goals, and objectives, of the Police
<br />32 Department and pelrfolrms, specialized duties, as assigned. This position is an exempt police administrator
<br />33 whose primary objective is, to effectively lead and.... command a department divis,ion in Conformity with city
<br />34, and departmental goals, and objectives,, community interests, and within the parameter, as, defined by law,,
<br />35 code and city/departmental policies, and procedu�res.
<br />37 Police Lieutenants, will rotate pedodically,, as determined by the Chief,, between the Depaftment's, Patrol,
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