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... -ElI( Memorandum -(I To: Mayor and City Council From: Thomas D. Zerwas, Chief of Police Date: July 2, 1993 Police Department e e Subject: PERSONNEL REQUEST/PROJECTIONS The police department has experienced significant increases in calls for service over the past several years. This has been largely due to the population increase in Elk Ri ver and the surrounding area. We have also seen a significant increase in motor vehicle traffic the past couple years; this, too, can be attributed to population increases in our general area. As a result of these increases, police department personnel have seen significant increases in their work loads. The above increases have lowered the level of service the police department is providing our citizens. The police department hired two (2) patrol officers in November of 1990. Since that time, our calls for service have increased approximately forty percent (40%). The increases that we have experienced are expected to continue at the rate of 5-10 percent per year. At this rate, I feel we should anticipate hiring two (2) patrol officers for the calendar year 1994. For calendar year 1995, at this time, I am projecting an additional patrol officer be hired. For calendar year 1996, I am projecting the need for two (2) additional patrol officers. In the next few years, I feel we will also need to consider creating the position of captain. I would eventually like to see a captain in charge of the patrol division; and, an administrative captain in charge of the investigative division and our community service officers. The rationale for the captain positions is to help spread out some of the administrati ve duties and responsibilities that I currently handle. The police department currently has twenty-one (21) permanent employees and twenty (20) police reserve officers. This amount of personnel creates a significant management responsibility for me. All of these employees create thousands of reports yearly that I must read for liability reasons. For the calendar year 1994, I would like to increase our part-time CSO position from 30 hours per week to a full time position. This will allow us to keep one of our full-time community service officers in the office 2-3 days a week to assist with record entry into our computer system. This would make it possible for me to fill our administrative secretary position which has been vacant since Linnea McRae retired in January of 1992. I currently do not have a secretary for typing confidential memorandums, correspondences, and labor related issues. This person would also be able to assist me with some of my ever increasing administrative duties. 720 Dodge Avenue N.W., Elk River, Minnesota 55330 · (612) 441-2324