1. CIM- Police DepartmentCITY COMMISSION INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
February 6, 2014
ADMINISTRATIVE BRIEF FROM BRAD NELSON
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Department Reorganization
The first stage of the reorganization process is the Captain’s Promotional Process. Oral Boards
are scheduled for February 10, 20014 and promotions are anticipated shortly thereafter.
This reorganization will result in;
Much clearer lines of delineation from officer to the Chief of Police.
Decreased salary costs due to reduced rank of eight Lieutenants.
Decreased overtime salary costs due to reduced rank.
A commander over each division.
Increased street level supervision
Transition from Commissioned Service Desk Personnel to Civilian
The Service Desk of the Salina Police Department presently has 4.5 FT commissioned officers
assigned. Officers bid for these positions each year. If an officer becomes injured and modified
or a light duty assignment is appropriate, the injured officer replaces one of these full time
Service Desk officers. These officers perform some law enforcement related activities such as
report review, report writing and vehicle inspections for defect citations but they perform a
majority of clerical/receptionist related activities:
Answering Phone Calls
Provide outside residents with fuel cards and donated food
Make copies of offense reports for the media log
Make copies of reports at officer’s request to send to dispatch.
Answering questions from citizens and fielding phone calls and making contact with
citizens in the Front Lobby
I would like to eventually eliminate the able bodied officers from this assignment and place them
back on Patrol where their value is much greater.
Eventually, my goal would be to have the majority, if not all, of these positions at the Service
Desk be handled by civilian employees. This represents a substantial savings in both salary
and KPERS benefits. I am working towards a plan to utilize some of the existing civilian
positions to replace the commissioned officers who presently work at the Service Desk.
Alarm Management – Determining the Best Approach for our Community
As a long term project, I will be proposing that an Alarm Ordinance be adopted by the City of
Salina. These alarm calls, with over 95% being false, place a significant drain on our time,
money and resources when responding to these unnecessary calls for service. In 2013, the
S.P.D. responded to 2,459 alarms calls. Nationwide, there are many model ordinances that
have been in place for over a decade that have resulted in a 70% reduction in alarm calls.
Training
Four officers will be attending the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer Training Course in St.
Louis, MO March 10-14.
Two officers will be sent to Women’s Leadership Institute training in Kansas City, KS,
April 9-14.
Three officers will be attending a NRA Firearms Instructor Course in Horton, KS, April 21-
25.
MONDAY’S MEETING
Enclosed are other items on the agenda. If any Commissioner has questions or cannot attend
the meeting, please contact me.
Jason A. Gage, City Manager