Manpower numbers
Well, we managed to track down some manpower numbers, but since we don't have any budget number to compare them to, they are kind of useless. So we'll post them here for posterity and anyone who can get a copy of this or last years budget can help us compare actual numbers. These numbers are as of 01 July, so they'll be pretty close:
Title code 9161 (PO) there are 9,761. This is far below numbers we've seen in the past, though not as bad as the 9,400 number we've heard tossed around recently. We remember it being very near 11,000 not too long ago.
Title code 9165 (D2A?) there are 904. This also is way below the days we used to have somewhere between 1,100 and 1,200. Along with the brain drain, the lack of actual bodies is contributing to the anemic clearance rate. We're not sure if the 9165 title code covered other D2 spots or just D2A. Could someone enlighten us?
Title code 9171 (Sgt) there are 1,271. This seems to be nearer to full strength than any other numbers. It works out to about 1 sergeant per 8 guys, but again, with no budgeted strength numbers to compare it to, it's kind of meaningless. Also, there are quite a few units in the city with sergeants as COs. We keep hearing about a sergeant shortage, and they'll be even shorter once they make lieutenants, but....
Title code 9173 (Lt) there are 240. Even at 7 per district (2 per watch plus a tact Lt) and 3 per detective area that leaves barely 44 for all the units and CO spots that aren't exempt. This is very shorthanded. We expect that the upcoming class is going to be at least 40, maybe 60. We heard the Hall turned down a request for 70.
We skipped the exempts.
Title code 9161 (PO) there are 9,761. This is far below numbers we've seen in the past, though not as bad as the 9,400 number we've heard tossed around recently. We remember it being very near 11,000 not too long ago.
Title code 9165 (D2A?) there are 904. This also is way below the days we used to have somewhere between 1,100 and 1,200. Along with the brain drain, the lack of actual bodies is contributing to the anemic clearance rate. We're not sure if the 9165 title code covered other D2 spots or just D2A. Could someone enlighten us?
Title code 9171 (Sgt) there are 1,271. This seems to be nearer to full strength than any other numbers. It works out to about 1 sergeant per 8 guys, but again, with no budgeted strength numbers to compare it to, it's kind of meaningless. Also, there are quite a few units in the city with sergeants as COs. We keep hearing about a sergeant shortage, and they'll be even shorter once they make lieutenants, but....
Title code 9173 (Lt) there are 240. Even at 7 per district (2 per watch plus a tact Lt) and 3 per detective area that leaves barely 44 for all the units and CO spots that aren't exempt. This is very shorthanded. We expect that the upcoming class is going to be at least 40, maybe 60. We heard the Hall turned down a request for 70.
We skipped the exempts.
posted by SCC at 8:55 PM
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Most Districts are operating with only 4 or 5 Lts. Most have a Tact Lt. but few have a Caps Lt. and these poor guys are really the travelers these days. Take a Capt. or two out of commission or a Lt. on long term medical and all of a sudden there are no supervisors. BTW, I forgot about furloughs. . . so there are many Lt.'s at all.
when did "CAPS" Lt. become a seperate spot/ I know some districts treat it as such but it is only suppose to be a part-time gig. it is actually "Caps management team leader' in other words watching over the beat team sgts.
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@1596627573.1123130003@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceaddffiejekicefecelldffhdffn.0&contentOID=536914660&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Budget+%26+Management%2FPublic+Safety%2FI+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Budget+%26+Management&deptMainCategoryOID=-536890795.
go to this web site and do the math
One southside district has only 3 Lt's, and 2 of three Capt's are on furlough, the remaining Capt will be Acting Dist. Commander next week. With the new contract setup tact Lt's are screwed, getting sent to any District in Area, on ANY WATCH to fill in as WC. BTW, CAPS Lt IS a full time job, although rarely are they given time to do it.
If you want to see the numbers assigned per district and the budgeted strengths, for all ranks, go to the CPD Intranet, Bureau Sites, Office of Crime Strategy and Accountability, Unit Profiles.
This is usually a month or so behind, and it is a HUGE document (about 102-103 pages). It breaks down statistics for all 25 Districts, 4 pages for each, with the manpower numbers on the 1st page. If you take the time to break it all down, it shows some pretty drastic shortages (something media outlets would probably like to see...).
How many Districts have TWO, thats right TWO caps sgts, other than the West side dist that has a Sgt. from the second watch who has yet to work a day on the watch this year?
i know a retired lt who was sent from 022 ot 005 for a long detail about two years ago. he was therte becasue 005 made a caps lt for second and third watch...now that's full time of doing nothing
The Department is proposing a Tour of Duty Pilot Program that will affect all watches in the 004th and 006th Districts. The proposed starting times are:
A. First watch, beat cars:
2330-0800 (early roll call)
0100-0930 (late roll call)
B. Second watch, beat cars:
0730-1600 (early roll call)
0900-1730 (late roll call)
C. Third watch, beat cars:
1530-2400 (early roll call)
1700-0130 (late roll call)
D. Second watch rapid response:
1000-1830
E. Third watch rapid response:
1800-0230
Evaluation:
This Pilot Program has no duration but will be evaluated on a 3 and 6 month basis. The Lodge is not on the evaluation committee.
To put this in perspective the Lodge met with the Department last week because we have heard rumors about this pilot program so we set up a meeting with the Department where we voiced our concerns because the Lodge has a written agreement from 1993 that was signed by the Lodge and City establishing the existing starting times. This Pilot Program violates that agreement. What does an officer who works from 0100-0930 do when he has court at 0900. Does he take a squad car? If the Department lets him leave at 0830 to take his personal vehicle to Court and that officer gets into an accident will the City cover the officer? Will Court be an extension of tour thus depriving the officer out of the 2 hour minimum? The Lodge wants the Department to allow officers to bid by seniority for start times. How will the Department monitor the effects of these hours on the officer’s private lives? At the end of this meeting the Department assured us that our questions will be answered before the implementation of this Pilot Program.
Today 03 Aug 05 the Lodge has received a copy of the draft order and is disturbed to see an implementation date of 18 Aug 05.
We immediately called MLAS and were again insured that our questions will be answered prior to the implementation.
The clock is ticking and on 18 Aug 05 the Lodge will take the Legal action necessary to protect our officers.
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Maryland Police Chief Blames Unproductive Officers For Rise In Crime; Union Says Chief's Policies Are To Blame
From The Washington Post, July 30
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD – Prince George's Police Chief Melvin C. High and his rank-and-file officers publicly clashed yesterday over the county's escalating violence, with the police union saying the chief's crime-fighting plan has failed and High responding that his department's biggest problem is unproductive officers.
"Every member of this police department and every member of this community is ready for a new direction," Percy Alston, president of Police Lodge 89, said in his most pointed criticism of the chief. "Minimizing what is occurring or pretending that it does not exist will no longer be acceptable. . . . We deserve and must demand change."
Less than an hour later, High and County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) held a rebuttal news conference, defending their crime-fighting plan and lashing out at the department. High said 10 percent of police are doing unacceptable work, with 60 to 175 officers having no recent record of making arrests, issuing tickets or responding to calls. The agency's problem is not the strategy but the officers, the chief said.
"The time for less than hard work is over. The time for just showing up is over," High said. "When officers go out there and do the job I ask them to, they will have my support."
Johnson, standing next to him, added, "Chief, you said what needed to be said." But the union says High's numbers are misleading.
The public feuding between the officers and the county's top law enforcement officials comes as Prince George's grapples with a growing problem with violent crime. Homicides have increased 26 percent, rapes by 22 percent and carjackings by 45 percent, and robberies have surged 123 percent compared with this time last year.
Yesterday's dueling news conferences were a dramatic airing of long-simmering tension between the Johnson administration and police officers. Johnson ran three years ago on a platform of reforming the police department, which has a history of abuses and civil rights violations and is currently under watch by the Department of Justice.
As state's attorney from 1994 through 2002, Johnson prosecuted 11 officers accused of misconduct but won no convictions, a statistic that still bothers officers who felt the department was targeted when Johnson was the county's top prosecutor. As county executive, Johnson has vowed to beef up the department and hire 200 officers a year for the next six years.
The number of officers in the department is also up for debate. The union says the force has 1,257 members, but the county tallies 1,347. One thing they agree on is that the department is in desperate need of more officers.
At the police union's news conference, the Rev. C. Anthony Muse, pastor of Ark of Safety Christian Church in Upper Marlboro, said the infighting needs to stop.
"It's somewhat disturbing that we put together two press conferences for the same day," Muse said. "At some point, we must all sit down at the table together. It is important we do this for the citizens of our county."
Johnson later defended High's approach at their joint news conference. "Chief High has put in place a plan that is going to work," Johnson said. "The thing is, we can't have 50 or 60 officers who are doing nothing -- zero -- but picking up a paycheck. Our plan will work when we have all hands on deck."
Johnson's spokesman, James P. Keary, passed out information showing that the number of arrests have dropped dramatically: from 17,615 arrests in 2002 to 9,192 last year. Alston, the union president, said the officers are overworked and spread thin responding to calls, which leaves them little time to police neighborhoods and make arrests.
High said there are no quotas for arrests, declining to explain further how he determines whether an officer is underperforming. He said he will continue to examine the performance of the entire department.
Alston disputed the chief's numbers, saying some of the non-performers on the list are on leave for injury or maternity. Others, he said, are paired with new officers for several months, and the trainee is credited with arrests and tickets.
He said he decided to hold his news conference in response to the 97 homicides being investigated by the county this year, including that of Sgt. Steven Gaughan, who was killed last month while making a traffic stop.
"Since these tragedies have occurred, there has been little public outcry, no measured response and, what is most important, no coordinated effort to reduce crime in Prince George's County," Alston said.
The police union's idea for change is to reduce the size of police officers' beats, returning to a strategy in place before High took over the department in 2003. Alston also said he wants to increase the number of officers on patrol at any given time from 67 to 102, which would ease some of the officers' workload.
He said the number of patrol officers, which he called the backbone of the department, has decreased from 488 last year to 463 this year. The result, he said, is a lengthier wait when someone calls police for help. Additionally, he said, reducing the size of a beat would return officers to having "beat pride" and would reestablish strong relationships with community members, something Alston said has been lost in recent years.
To do this, he suggested a shuffling of positions, including taking officers out of some jobs in the department that could be done by civilians and reassigning some officers now on special task forces.
High's strategy, known as Community Service Areas, has expanded the coverage area for individual officers, Alston said.
The chief, however, defended his plan, saying the size of officers' beats is "manageable." He also said the beat strategy is designed to involve the community in solving problems and issues.
"It is the best of both worlds," he said.
Just count the Range Cards.
9165 are only D2A detectives which equals 904. But don't forget that 9167 (Youth Investigators) are now absorbed as detectives and have received new detective stars. 9167 totals equal 184 ex-youth (SVU). Add the two together and the City says we have 1088 detectives.
Just to add on to the last comment. Don't forget gang specialists also were rolled into the rank of detective. I believe their code is 9163. Add the detectives, former youth investigators now detectives, & former gang specialists now detectives and THAT IS the TOTAL of detectives.
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