2012-13 Budget Primer: The Police Budget Part 1

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The Oro Valley Police Department 2012-2013 budget is $12.7 million. As such, it is the largest expenditure by the town, exceeded only by spending in the water department which is an enterprise that funds itself by the sale of water.

Approximately $12.0 million of the Police Budget is funded from the Town's General Fund. About $0.7 million comes from other sources.   Spending on Police protection is, by far, the largest expenditure in the general fund, comprising 45% of it.

The Town of Oro Valley has 300 full-time and 68 part-time employees running its day to day operations. The police department full time personnel (129) is 43% of the total town’s full time 300 personnel.  The town calculates that it has the equivalent of 343.79 full-time employees. The police department has 5 part-time employees. Its full-time equivalent (131.7) is 38% of the town’s full time equivalent (343.79) number of employees.

The department has 17 "units":

Unit Name	Number of personnel	Operating Expenditure	Capital Expenditure	Total Expenditure
Administration	4.0	$991,892		$991,892
Communications	13.0	828,679		828,679
Community Action Team	5.0	493,115		493,115
Community Resource	3.0	311,636		311,636
Criminal Investigation	7.0	682,508		682,508
Field Services	6.0	583,816		583,816
Fleet Maintenance	1.0	556,039	183,093	739,132
Information Technology	1.0	120,788		120,788
Motor Traffic	9.0	840,893		840,893
Patrol	47.0	4,192,700		4,192,700
Professional Standards	1.0	108,183		108,183
Property ID	3.0	238,731		238,731
Records	7.3	360,762		360,762
Regional Task Force	7.0	667,778	88,800	756,578
School Resource Officers	8.0	753,268		753,268
Support Services	4.0	456,897		456,897
Training and Reserves	2.4	255,828		255,828
Total	128.7	$12,443,513	$271,893	$12,715,406

These units do the following:

Unit Name	Activity
Administration	Department administration
Communications	911 Services
Community Action Team	Focus on “root-causes” of crime and gather information from other law enforcement agencies
Community Resource	Neighborhood watch (residences), neighborhood watch (apartments), citizen volunteers, explorer (youth) program
Criminal Investigation	Investigate major crimes against people and property
Field Services	Supervisors and officers that provide “front line” service like crime trends and deployment methods
Fleet Maintenance	Police vehicle maintenance
Information Technology	Police information technology only
Motor Traffic	Traffic concerns (high collision intersections, special events, and citizen traffic concerns)
Patrol	Six squads that provide 24/7 Oro Valley patrol and includes K-9 and DUI units
Professional Standards	Investigate citizen complaints
Property ID	Collect secure, and preserve crime evidence
Records	All public law enforcement records and impound motor vehicle release processing
Regional Task Force	Support for Southern Arizona (counter narcotics alliance, drug enforcement, joint terrorism, and gang/immigration)
School Resource Officers	On site school guidance
Support Services	Support adminstration  and field service operations
Training and Reserves	Training

We plan to analyze the Police Budget in a subsequent posting.
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