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Police Department MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Mayor & City Council Assistant Chief Jeffrey Beahen 11-15-02 Budget Amendment The police department is requesting an amendment to the 2002 budget to be used to restructure the current departmental weapons inventory. Because the department did not hire the drug enforcement officer and the wage of Officer Besser was not utilized all year due to his military leave, we are certain that our current budget will allow this latest request. BACKGROUND: The police department has always been blessed with a budget and schedule that allowed us to purchase a variety of departmental weapons for patrol and SWAT use. When the department was smaller, training and inventory of this armament was fairly simple and inexpensive. Over time, this inventory has had a more negative impact on our yearly budget then our yearly increases authorized by the City Council can support. The most significant increase has been the cost of ammunition - as we have had to purchase a dozen different types of ammunition to not only equip each weapon, but to have on hand for training purposes as well. We are mandated by the state to train and qualify with each weapon at least once a year, with an additional training session required during cold weather. This ends up being a minimum of ten (10) training sessions and twenty (20) different types of ammunition. There was a time when utilizing this many types of weapon delivery systems was both practical and economically feasible. We don't feel this is the case and we need to take action now to accommodate our budgets in the future. We had requested $2,250 in our 2003 budget for a new MP-5 and vehicle mount. That can be removed from our 2003 budget if this request is granted. CURRENT WEAPONS: We currently have the following weapons in our inventory.