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CITY OF SAGINAW
FUND DESCRIPTION

CCPD FUND

The Crime Control and Prevention District (CCPD) was originally approved in November 1997 as a one-half cent sales tax
and went into effect on April 1, 1998. In May of 2002, the citizens voted to continue the CCPD for another ve years. In May
of 2007 voters renewed the CCPD for another ten years, but at a rate of 3/8ths cents. Voters approved a ten year
continuation in May 2017 with 391 votes for the sales tax and 69 against.

The Board of Directors governs the District. The Board of Directors consists of the Mayor and City Councilmembers.

The district is automatically dissolved on the fth anniversary of the date the district began to levy taxes if the district has
not held a continuation or dissolution referendum. A majority of the governing body of the political subdivision that created
the district by resolution may request a referendum on continuation or dissolution. Due notice must be given to the public
and a public hearing must be held rst. The board may not hold a referendum earlier than the fourth anniversary of the
date the district was created or earlier than the third anniversary of the date of the last continuation or dissolution
referendum. The governing body that created the district may specify the number of years for which a district should be
continued. A district may be continued for 5, 10, 15 or 20 years.
The goal of the CCPD is to increase patrol o cer visibility, enhance crime ghting ability by acquiring new equipment,
providing additional training and updating technology and by reducing the number of juvenile offenders involved in
repeated criminal and/or gang-related activity.

The department continues to receive requests for Crime Prevention services on a regular basis. Many of these requests
involve insurance home inspections, while others concern Crime Watch Programs, police department tours and school
visits. The addition of a Community Services O cer allows the department to participate in programs such as Crime
Watch and National Night Out, and host the Citizens Police Academy. This position reports to the Administrative Sergeant
and assists in other areas of the department as needed.

Since April 1998, the City has hired eleven additional patrol o cers, a public services o cer, a dispatcher and a school
resource o cer with CCPD funds. Over the last 20 years, CCPD funds have been used to fund/purchase:

-Pay increases for Police personnel;
-Handguns, patrol ri es, ballistic vests, equipment and supplies;
-O cer training;
-A police reporting system;
-Police vehicles and equipment,
-Radar and in-car video systems;
-A DVD recorder system in dispatch.

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