Operating and CIP Budget Fiscal Year 2015-16

Police Special Operations [010-3245]

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

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The Special Operations Division is led by the Special Operations Captain. The division is guided by the department’s Public Safety Strategic Plan. The Plan outlines 4 outcomes: Reduce Incidents of Crime, Increase Trust and Confidence in Police Department, Increase Feelings of Safety and Increase Proficiency of Staff. The Special Operations Division is responsible for coordinating major investigations and special enforcement activities. The Division provides police ser- vices to the City’s schools and coordinates internal investigations. There are six detectives, a school resource officer and one part-time graffiti civilian assigned to this Division who per- form varied tasks that include investigation of: person crimes, property crimes, domestic violence, narcotics and gangs, special event coordination, media information, task force assignments, graffiti removal and school resource officer services. The Special Operations Division provides a School Resource Officer dedicated to the Morgan Hill Unified School Dis- trict (District). The officer is assigned to the two public high schools: Sobrato and Live Oak. The officer works on school campus directly with students and faculty to prevent or intervene in on-campus incidents. The District contrib- utes $90,000 annually toward this officer’s total compensation. In FY14-15, the Police Department added a new Administrative Sergeant position mid-year that reports to the Special Operations Captain. The Administrative Sergeant started the new assignment in January 2015. This position is respon- sible for the Department’s training program, officer scheduling and the Volunteers in Policing (VIP) program, Internal Affairs and special projects. This position aligns to the Department’s Strategic Plan to enhance trust and confidence in the Police Department and the increase staff proficiency within the Department.

During FY14-15 ,the Department actively worked to increase its presence at the regional level through participation in three multi-jurisdictional task forces:

1) A new 1FTE officer was hired to allow the Department to assign a Detective to the federal San Jose Drug Enforce- ment Task Force (DEA);

2) An existing 1FTE officer was re-assigned from the United Narcotic Enforcement Team (UNET) to the Santa Clara County Special Enforcement Team (SCCSET); and

3) A new 1FTE officer was assigned to the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATTF). Membership in these task forces has already benefitted the Department by providing enhanced investigative and personnel resources in addition to revenue to partially offset the cost of the three positions. Due to the above listed re-assignments, we lost one part-time Street Crimes Detective to the SCCSET task force. As a result, the department assigned a Corporal to serve in the function of a Property Crimes/Street Crimes Detective and as a liaison with our hotels.

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