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City of Redwood City FY 2009-2010 Budget Amendments Detail of Pro2rammatic Reductions 78 Pa~ 22 Attachment, GENERAL FUND Police - Cont. Packa2e 3 Description of Proposed Reduction All reductions in Package 1 and 2; Additionally, Package 3 would reduce internal services and supplies and services accounts department wide. Service Level Impacts Funding related to the hiring of new officers and the supplies and services accounts throughout the department will be reduced. New equipment purchases and some equipment repairs may be deferred. These reductions are not likely to significantly impact service levels. Packa2e 4 Description of Proposed Reduction All reductions in Package 1, 2, and 3; Additionally, Package 4 would eliminate the three Community Service Officers assigned to the Patrol Division, eliminate the remainder of the Patrol CSO vehicle fleet and reduce supplies and services. Service Level Impacts Community Service Officers (CSOs) assigned to the Patrol Division perform a variety of tasks that would otherwise be assigned to sworn police officers. CSOs take "cold reports," such as an auto burglary or other non-violent crime where no suspect is on scene. They investigate non-injury vehicle accidents and non-injury hit & run accidents, they issue parking citations, mark and tow abandoned vehicles, monitor and respond to complaints on the abandoned vehicle hotline, issue citations for city ordinance violations and also conduct traffic control as needed. Those calls for service and tasks which would have otherwise been attended to by a CSO will be redirected to sworn officers. This will reduce the amount of uncommitted time officers presently use for proactive enforcement to serve arrest warrants, contact suspicious persons and conduct traffic enforcement. Additionally, police response times could increase for non-emergency calls for service.