FY2023 BUDGET PRESENTATION OGDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief of Police Eric R. Young

FY2023 BUDGET PRESENTATION
  OGDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT

           Chief of Police Eric R. Young

OPD RECRUITING AND HIRING

CRIME RATE IN OGDEN 2019 VS 2021
                                   Presumes .38%
                                   population
                                   increase

•   The Ogden Police Department has partnered with SPIDERTECH to conduct regular
    surveys of our performance from out customers.
•   The surveys began in November 2021.

FY22 MAJOR PURCHASES
                       • Lenco Bearcat.

                       • 40mm launcher non-lethal baton launcher.
                          • Taser = 10’ 40mm = 50 yards
                          • Effective against winter clothing

                       • Red Dot site systems and handguns.

                       • Rite Academy nationally recognized training on
                         diversity, implicit bias and EQ or Emotional
                         Intelligence.

Current WCSO vehicle

CURRENT/FUTURE OUTREACH
•   National Night Out Against Crime – Current
•   Transparency dashboard – New 05/2022
•   Citizens Academy - Current
•   Day in the Life - Current
•   Community Events - Current w/future expansion
•   Faith based activities – Current w/ future expansion
     •   Quarterly meeting with Black Pastors group.
     •   Annual attendance at Christian Potter House.
•   Quarterly meeting with NAACP.
•   Regular interaction with Diversity Commission.

COST SAVING MEASURES
• Utilizing (4) Part time former police officers.

• Utilizing (1) Full time temporary former police officer.

• Officer at fault accidents were 28 in 2018. Officer at fault accidents fell to 9 in
  2021.
   • At an average cost per accident to Ogden City of $20,000 we saved $1,520,000
       in accident reduction in 4 years.

    • GEOTAB driving data including idling time.

• OPD evaluated and eliminated a vendor contract saving $12,000 annually.

• We saved $200,000 by evaluating our Axon Taser renewal contract and opting to
  purchase .vs. 5-year lease.

NEW POSITION REQUESTS
•   Grant Manager

OPD applies for and manages more than 2 million in Federal grant funds and 300K in State grant
funds annually. The addition of an FTE Grant Manager will allow us to be more aggressive in
soliciting competitive grant funds and more efficient and effective in managing existing grants.
The Grant Manager will also be available to assist the Fire Department in solicitation and
management of their Federal Grant funds.

•   3 new FTE Officers in CP and conversion of CSO supervisor to Sergeant from Homeless Shelter
    Cities Mitigation Grant Account:
OPD will utilize a grant award from the Utah Department of Human Services for Homeless
Mitigation to employ (3) new sworn Police Officer. The new Sergeant and (3) new FTE’s will be
assigned to Community Policing where we will create a new squad.

NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
•   Research shows speed signs are only effective if accompanied by enforcement.

•   OPD will document in a spreadsheet all received neighborhood speeding complaints and
    prioritize based on a risk evaluation.

•   A JAMMER device will be deployed to evaluate the need for speed enforcement. The report will
    determine whether enforcement is need and at what times of day.

•   Those requiring enforcement will be set-up up as a project by the Traffic sergeant to include lidar
    being runs by uniform area officers and traffic officers.

•   The JAMMER will be returned after the project to determine if the speeding issue was resolved.

•   The increase in staffing will increase numbers in Traffic and a second device and project will be
    added as needed.

CHALLENGES
•   It remains difficult to book arrested suspects at the Weber
    County Jail.
•   Homelessness continues to occupy a large proportion of
    Community Policing activity.
•   We will need to continue to beat the Utah and National trends to
    be fully staffed.
•   We will need to continue to beat the trend in overall crime and
    violent crime.

GOALS FY2022
•   Maintain our status below the TOP 5 cities in Utah for NIBRS/Part 1 Crime.
     •   Outside TOP 10 currently.
•   Reach full staffing.
     •   Currently 6 positions down. As many as 24 within the last 3 years.
•   Expand our License Plate Reader Infrastructure to empower OPD to make our neighborhoods and
    business districts safer.
     •   22 Cameras generating 113,000 Reads daily. Testing trailer deployment.
•   Have the best trained Police Department in Utah including Autism training for all OPD officers.
     •   Mandatory Autism training completed for entire department. Best training platform in the state.
•   Continue to be a model for Municipal Policing in Utah.
     •   Regularly receive calls form other departments asking for information on what we are doing.
•   Greatly expand our footprint in the community through outreach and social media activities.
     •   Growing drastically with the end of the Pandemic. Several outreach events at parks planned for the summer
         of 22’.
•   Implement Customer Service surveying software early FY22.
     •   SPIDERTECH implemented and returning great results.

EMPLOYEES THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED
               INCREASES
“I just wanted to thank you guys [PD admin], the city admin, and the City Council for
continuing to look out for the employees”

“After the November adjustment and the need to fix non-sworn and fire, I didn’t think the
PD would be getting much, I am grateful to the city for continuing to put employees first.”

“It is great that the city sees every employee as important, not just sworn employees –
don’t get me wrong sworn should be taken care of too but it feels good to have everyone
cared about.”

“This is completely unexpected; I am grateful to the city for putting me [employees] first.”