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BACKGROUND
<br /> Following the death of George Floyd, the community of Pleasanton gathered to voice its
<br /> opposition to police brutality at a protest and rally on June 5, and also at City Council
<br /> meetings and listening sessions on July 14 and 21. Some of the themes heard from the
<br /> community at those listening sessions include overall support for the Pleasanton Police
<br /> Department, a desire to find an alternate response for those in mental crisis, interest in
<br /> increased transparency through oversight and frequent policy review, and a desire to
<br /> understand the perceptions of the department from those whom have experienced its
<br /> service.
<br /> DISCUSSION
<br /> This report will provide information on multiple aspects of policing to include the budget,
<br /> calls for service, alternate mental health response models, and a review of policies
<br /> related to eight key areas of force options.
<br /> Budget
<br /> The Pleasanton Police Department is budgeted for 118.5 full-time equivalent positions.
<br /> Eighty-three peace officers and 35.5 professional support positions (public safety
<br /> dispatchers, records personnel, animal control officer and community service officers,
<br /> and others). The City has a five-beat system for deployment of personnel to ensure
<br /> average response time goals of under 4:00 minutes for emergency calls and under
<br /> 20:00 minutes for non-emergency calls. Policing is a human services profession that
<br /> provides safety services 8,760 hours a year. The average full-time employee works
<br /> 2,080 hours (non-over-time) per year. Five full-time equivalent (FTE) employees are
<br /> required to staff one beat for the entire year. Additional officers are required for vacation
<br /> relief, peak call periods, training, and other demands. Service and staffing demands
<br /> result in personnel costs that represent 89% or $25,287,998 of the $28,427,946 police
<br /> department budget and why the police department budget is larger than many other
<br /> departmental budgets.
<br /> The annual police department budget is separated by division or working group. This
<br /> report provides divisional budgets (Table 1) as well as program budgets for DARE,
<br /> School Resource Officers (Table 2), and Homeless Outreach Team (Table 3).
<br /> Table 1 ,POWeovoesT
<br /> FY20itittO Allot Unaudited:
<br /> Personnel Non-labor Total Budget Total
<br /> g FTE
<br /> ADMINISTRATION 1,903,118 1,060,904 2,964,022 8.5
<br /> SUPPORT SERVICES 3,122,988 164,613 3,287,601 18.5
<br /> OPERATIONS 12,076,155 1,133,895 13,210,050 57.5
<br /> INVESTIGATIONS 5,564,660 243,034 5,807,694 24
<br /> TRAFFIC UNIT 2,479,518 351,182 2,830,700 9
<br /> ANIMAL SERVICES 141,559 186,321 327,879 1
<br /> UNIT
<br /> Totals $25,287,998 $3,139,949 $28,427,946 118.5
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