Rusty Strait | Senior Reporter
CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN
1. To ensure that Hemet is safe, clean, attractive, and comfortable for all that live, work and visit.
2. To ensure Hemet is a hub, with access to quality jobs, shopping options, and a varied and sustained tax base.
3. To connect and ;participate in a constant dialogue between members of the community, City staff, and elected officials to promote togetherness and positivity.
4. To pursue partnership that will increase the opportunities available to the community, including our businesses, unemployed, and youth population.
5. To identify the work needed inside the City organization to effectively provide services to the community and ensue financial stability.
POLICE DEPARTMENT PROPOSED BUDGET FY 22/23
• Funding Sources: General Fund $28,312,500
• Measure “U” $9,993,000
• Measure “U” Fund Balance $1,800,000
• CFD $600,000
• ARPA $ 340,000
TOTAL: $41,645,500
MEASURE “U” FUNDED POSITIONS
• 1 Police Captain
• 1 Police Lieutenant
• 3 Police Sergeants
• 19 Police Officers
• 1 Public Media Officer
• 1 Support Service Manager
• 5 Community Service Officers
• 1 Property and Evidence Tech
• 1 Public Safety Dispatcher
• 3 Records Specialists
• 1 Public Safety Operator
PROGRAM FY 20/21 FY 21/22 ADD OBJECTIVE
1. Administration 1-PISMO Increase community engagement, social media platforms highlight Measure U
2. Patrol 4-CSO’s 4CSOs Retired officers in priority and in- progress calls.
3. Reduce response times.
4. ROCS 1-Sgt 1-Cpl Engagement with businesses, 5 Offc 1-Offc reduce blight, homelessness, 1-CSO CPTED, 7-Days.
5. Traffic 1-Sgt 2-Motors, 1-CSO High visibility traffic enforcement, 7-Days
PROJECTED FY 22/23 SWORN STAFF
POSITIONS FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY/21/22 FY/22/23 (Proposed)
• Chief of Police 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
• Police Captain 2 – 2 – 2 – 2
• Police Lieutenant 3 – 3 – 3 – 2
• Police Sergeant 12 – 12 – 11 – 11
• Police Corporal 6 – 5 – 6 – 7 (Proposed)
• Police Investigator 5 – 1 – 1 – 3 (Proposed)
• Police Officer 63 – 52 – 54 – 55 (Proposed)
TOTAL 92 – 76 – 78 – 81
PROJECTED FY22/23 PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Positions FY 19/20 FY 20/21 FY 21/22 FY 22/23 (Proposed)
• Management Assistant: 1 – 1 – 1 – 0 (Proposed)
• Management Analyst: 0 – 0 – 0 – 1 (Proposed)
• Administrative Assistant: 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 (Proposed)
• Executive Assistant: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
• Personal Training Cord: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
• PISMO: 0 – 0 – 1 – 1
• Support Service Manager: 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
• Media/Intel Analyst: 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
• Crime Scene Tech: 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
• Property/Evid Tech: 1.5 – 1.5 – 2 – 2 (Proposed)
• Comm. Service officer: 11 – 6 – 11 – 11
• Dispatch Supervisor: 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 (Proposed)
• Dispatcher: 14 – 12 – 12 – 12
• Operator: 1 – 1 – 1 – 1
• On-Call Dispatcher: 0.7 – 0.1 – 0.3 – 0.3
• Public Safety Officer: 6 – 6 – 6 – 8 (Proposed)
• Specialist Investigator TPT: 0 – 0 – 0 – 1
TOTAL: 39.2 – 31.6 – 39.3 – 44.3
FY22/23 ARPA STAFF
POSITION FY/21/22 FY/22/23
Maintenance Aide TPT: 20 – 10
Police Cadet TPT: 0 – 10
TOTAL: 20 – 20
MEASURE U MAJOR PROJECTS AND TECH UPGRADES
Completed Projects & Technology Upgrades
• June 2020 – Entered into a service contract with FLOCK
• March 2021 – Completed Phase I, Microwave Project
• June 2021 – Completed New Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System
• June 2021 – Live w/Axon BWC’s & Taser 7’s
• July 2021 – Computer Phase II, encrypted radio System, PSEC
Trauma Intervention Program (TIP)
Future Projects & Technology Upgrades
• Expand ROCS
• Expand Traffic
• Extend Community Engagement
• Expand FLOCK – Community Cameras
• Business Crime Prevention Program
MEASURE U
(2) PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER SPECIALISTS $165,000
TOTAL $165,000
GENERAL FUND
• RECLASS MNGT ASSISTANT TO MNGT ANALYST $6,000
• (1) POLICE OFFICER $170,000
• (2) POLICE INVESTIGATORS $160,000
• (2) DISPATCHER SUPERVISORS $280,000
• (1) INVESTIGATOR TPT $83,600
TOTAL $699,600
CFD
• (1) POLICE CORPORAL $235,000
TOTAL $235,000
ARPA
• (10) POLICE CADETS No additional cost
MEASURE U
• RANGE/TRAINING FACILITY REVITALIZATION $150,000
• (2) INVESTIGATIVE VEHICLES $160,000
• (1) CRTF VEHICLE $ 80,000
TOTAL $390,000
MEASURE U (Fund Balance)
• PD//FD PARKING LOT REHABILITATION $750,000
• PD/ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC PLANNING CTR $750,000
• PUBLIC SAFETY SERVER ROOM FIRE SUPPRESSION $300,000
TOTAL $1,800,000
GENERAL FUND
• (1) PRISONER TRANSPORT VAN $90,000
• (6) PATROL VEHICLES $480,000
• (1) BMW MOTORCYCLE $45,000
TOTAL $615,000
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