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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 23, 2015 Item No.: 14.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve Change in Job Description of Community Service Officer within the Police Department B ACKGROUND 1 The Police Department wishes to increase its positive interactions with the diverse community of 2 Roseville. The Department spends a considerable amount of time interacting with the citizens 3 and visitors to Roseville and wishes to expand its cadre of Community Service Officers to better 4 assist the City in making Roseville a more inclusive and welcoming city. 5 On February 9, 2015, Department staff presented to Council the option of reinstating a Police 6 Cadet position with increased community outreach duties as an opportunity to reach this goal. 7 The Police Cadet position was utilized by the Police Department in past years to successfully 8 recruit and retain quality candidates for police officer positions. The Cadet position was removed 9 from the Police Department’s annual budget in 2003. 10 th This option was presented and tabled at the regular City Council meeting on February 9. At the 11 time it appeared the Council would instead consider adding a Community Service Officer 12 position with an enhanced job description. The Department recognizes the advantages of this 13 opportunity as well considering there is also a rich history of promoting CSOs to full time police 14 officer positions. 15 With only three part-time CSO positions, current employees are needed to fulfill already 16 established job duties. Adding an additional CSO position and changing the job description to 17 include an enhanced community liaison role will benefit the Department by augmenting its part- 18 time staff and create one more opportunity to focus on positive interactions with Roseville’s 19 diverse community. 20 21 The Community Liaison role will be shared among CSO staff as they are rotated in and out of 22 the unit as their education and careers progress.An educational component will be added to the 23 CSO program. Monthly meetings will be coordinated to discuss outreach initiatives and 24 strategies to determine how the Department can better meet the needs and challenges of our 25 diverse community. The Community Relations Coordinator will help facilitate the meetings. A 26 draft of potential topics to be discussed in monthly staff meetings is attached to the RCA. We 27 anticipate the entire Department will become more knowledgeable about the City it serves by 28 capitalizing on the information gathered and discussed at the monthly CSO meetings and through 29 Page 1 of 3