City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan

responsible for a myriad of administrative projects, but importantly, he also serves as the training coordinator, handles recruitment duties, and conducts and tracks internal affairs investigations among other related duties. In subsequent coverage further in this report, CPSM will be recommending the creation of a Professional Standards Unit; this unit’s duties would include employment services, use-of-force review/tracking, internal affairs, training, etc. This unit’s creation would entail the creation of a new FTE sergeant position to handle the duties of the Professional Standards Unit, remove some of the duties of the current administrative sergeant, which would free up that position to transfer to the recommended Field Services Division administrative sergeant position. Additionally, consideration must be given to ensuring ample time for officers to prepare reports and perform other administrative functions related to handling calls for service. Oftentimes, officers build this time directly into the service time of the call. Other times, officers take themselves out of service to perform this work, or remain available in the dispatch system and perform these functions as they are waiting for the next assignment. Regardless of the method used, it is important to have resources available to support this important role. Even considering this time, which might not be accounted for with the illustrations above, the MHPD has ample resources to meet service demands from the community. The officers allocated to patrol have enough time to meet CFS demands and have time to dedicate to other activities including community policing and proactive enforcement.

Police Operations and Data Analysis Report, Morgan Hill, California

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