Page 102 - Azle City Budget 2019

DEPARTMENT DIVISION ACCOUNT
Police Public Safety 01-520

PURPOSE STATEMENT:
The Azle Police Department is committed to responsive service with a positive public perception. We are
dedicated to competent and consistent public service. We strive for fairness in all that we do.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

To maintain compliance with the Texas Police Chief's Association Best Practices Program
To train essential personnel and transition to Laser Fiche for archived police records
To expand our crime prevention and community outreach by recruiting and establishing three (3) additional
neighborhood watch groups
To decrease our current average service call response time by six (6) seconds
To reduce our current level of Annual UCR Part I Offenses by 5%
To Reduce Annual Traffic Crashes by 5%
To strengthen officer level involvement with AISD students and staff by conducting walk-throughs at every
campus twice monthly

KEY POINTS OF PROPOSED BUDGET:
Personnel Services: Increase due to step increase, 3% cost of living adjustment, and increased benefit costs.
Increase requested to cover costs associated with new school resource officer program.
Supplies: Increase requested to cover costs associated with new school resource officer program.
Maintenance: Increase requested to cover costs associated with new school resource officer program.
Contractual Services: Increase requested to cover costs associated with new school resource officer program.
Capital Outlay: Increase requested to cover costs associated with new school resource officer program.

KEY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE: FY 16-17 FY 17-18 FY 18-19
Actual Estimate Projection
Calls for Police Service 14,225 14,724 15,241
Average Response Time in Minutes 3.90 3.90 3.80
Total Part I Offenses Annually 414 406 386
Increase (Decrease) of Part I Offenses Annually -16% -2.00% -5%
Total Traffic Crashes Annually 292 306 291
Increase (Decrease) of Total Traffic Crashes Annually 2.00% 4.00% -5.00%

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