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City of Redwood City FY 2009-2010 Budget Amendments Detail of Proerammatic Reductions 78 Pane 21 Attachment-z GENERAL FUND Police Package 1 Package 2 Package 3 Package 4 Total: {$174,819} ($203,178) {$108,590} ($327.038) ($813,625) Cumulative ($174,819) {$377,997} ($486,587) ($813.625) Packaae 1 Description of Proposed Reduction Eliminate 1.00 FTE School Resource Officer. Service Level Impacts The School Resource Officer (SRO) is a sworn police officer who provides on-site support to Sequoia High School to address crime that occurs on school grounds, mentor youth that are at-risk and reduce truancy. The SRO works a flexible schedule to provide a police presence at after-hour school activities and special events, including sporting events on-campus. By contract, the high school contributes funding towards the officer's salary and that contribution is directed to the general fund while the police department absorbs the entire cost of the FTE. The funding provided by the high school under prior contracts has been up to $30,000. The elimination of the SRO will redirect calls for service at the school campus to the first available patrol officer on-duty and the services that would otherwise have been provided by the SRO will be eliminated. PackaJ!e 2 Description of Proposed Reduction All reductions in Package 1; Additionally, Package 2 would eliminate 1.00 FTE Juvenile Detective and . eliminate excess vehicle capacity in the truck fleet used primarily by Community Service Officers. Service Level Impacts The juvenile detective is a sworn police officer who works with Child Protective Services, Juvenile Probation and the schools to coordinate efforts to ensure that crimes against youth are investigated and to ensure that those youth that commit criminal offenses are screened for diversion (in-house counseling and unofficial probation) or prosecution. The lay-off of the juvenile detective will require the juvenile counselor to absorb those duties previously performed by the juvenile detective. The juvenile counselor will have a reduced capacity to provide counseling services, conduct anti-gang presentations and administer the tattoo removal program. The reduction of excess capacity in the truck fleet will have no impact on service levels.