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. , " . I . .' involve budget dollars depending on turn overs expected, and similarly we' should formally authorize one overhire position for Dispatch." - Mr. Heiss described the briefings he had held with the Department, Steering Committee and other personnel. 3. Comments on report by Police Department Steering Committee; Officer Sheffield addressed the issue of the Investigative Division, and said the officers felt they were carrying "extended, active case loads" and they were not able to address the important cases in a timely manner. Officer Sheffield described the difficulties he has had in getting his cases pursued, due to the workload of the investigative officers. He asked that the active case load be monitored. Officer Sheffield said he had just received the Report this day and did not have enough time to thoroughly review all the numbers, but looked up the citations over the last year and did find some discrepancies. Referring to Page 63 of the Report, the TEl results, which is the number of citations issued compared to the number of injury accidents, Officer Sheffield said the total number of citations noted in the Report erroneously included mechanical citations, misdemeanors and City Code violations. The TEl is based solely on moving violations. Using only moving violations, the ratio is reduced to 22.3 not the 33.9 noted in the Report. He said the 22.3 is well below the effective range of 35-40, and several more Traffic officers were needed to reach that effectiveness range. - In response to Council questions regarding definitions of moving violations, Mr. Heiss cited the vehicle codes and said "we based our conclusions on the best data we could get at the time." Officer Sheffield said the results of reviewing last year's citations, "It came up to 56% movers and 44% mechanical violations... we rounded it up to 60%... If we all wrote 60%, with their formula, we'd have to have 8.5 Traffic officers... instead of our 3.75." Officer Talaat addressed the issue of the Report's recommendation for four officers and three CSOs. He said there are important differences between what each is expected to do. Officer Talaat referred to Page 46 of the Report which outlines the kinds of services each provides. He said an Officer can follow a call from start to finish and there are other restrictions on CSOs work. They can only work from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., they are not sworn nor armed, and it is "an officer safety issue for thern to go into certain areas of the City at night." - SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 OCTOBER 13, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 569 PAGE 8