Watertown Police Department

Budget Impact FY 2011

Increasing Demands/Reduced Resources

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org
 FY 09 Budget
Loss of 4 Police Officers
Reduction in Overtime
Decrease in Grant Funding

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 FY 10 Budget
Loss of 4 Police Officers
Reduction in Fleet
Reduction of Community Policing
Programs

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Department Staffing
FY 2008 73 Total 55 Patrol
FY 2009 69 Total 51 Patrol
FY 2010 65 Total 47 Patrol
FY 2011 65 Total 47 Patrol

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 FY 2011 Staffing 65
Sworn Personnel
Chief
2 Captains
6 Lieutenants
9 Sergeants
43 Patrol Officers (Fully funded is 55)
1 Military Leave
1 Maternity Leave
2 Injured Leave
Civilian Employees
9 Dispatchers
4 Staff (Administrative Assistant, Accounts Payable, Records Clerk and Building & Fleet
Maintenance)
23 School Crossing Guards
May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org
 September 2009
Detective John Bartolomucci to Patrol
Detective Kenneth Delaney to Patrol
Michael Martin Traffic to Patrol
Sheila Grady-Duguay SRO MS to Patrol
Kerry Kelley SRO K-6 Schools to Patrol

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Result of Budget Reduction
Training
All canceled if overtime is created
Supervisors canceled from in-service training
except for CPR and first aid
Spring firearms reduced to qualification
minimum
Fall firearms night time – canceled (42% of
department works during night time)

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Patrol Division
Officers not scheduled for motor vehicle
appeals unless fine 2X overtime cost
Youth Activity Car canceled
Warrant Team canceled
NEMLEC motorcycle unit reduced from 4
to 2 members

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Traffic Bureau
1 Officer Day Shift, 1 Officer Evening Shift
Sobriety Check Points canceled
Car seat installation reduced to 1
day/month
Commercial (Truck Team) enforcement
canceled unless sufficient manpower
assigned to shift

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Detective Bureau
Bureau reduced to 4 detectives from 7
(1 is assigned full time to court, 1 assigned to licensing leaving 2 for
all investigations)
No Drug Investigator (most crime driven by addiction)
No Juvenile Officer
Case load burden (2 investigators vs. 4)
Court time – Testifying at Trial

Investigations delayed due to overtime costs

Compensatory time in lieu of overtime to provide
manpower for Holiday eves

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Community & Staff Development
Reduction of 2 Officers
High School
1 School Resource Officer
Emergency Preparedness Training
Middle School and Elementary Schools
No School Resource Officers
No DARE program
No Emergency Preparedness Training
Accreditation recertification process halted
May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org
 Community Policing Programs
DARE, 20 year program - Eliminated
Cops & Kids, 13 year program – Eliminated
Girls & Goals, 5 year program – Eliminated
Fun Run, 3 year program - Eliminated
RAD Reduced (Most recent adult class sponsored by Tufts)
RAD Kids - Eliminated

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Community Policing Programs
Future grant funding from State has been
canceled, eliminating:
Juvenile Encounter Team with Probation Dept.
Citizen’s Police Academy (25 classes over 15 years)
Canceled most programs/activities that
generate overtime
Community meetings
Sporting events

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Patrol Response
Minimum day shift 4 Officers
Minimum evening shift 5 Officers
Minimum overnight shift 4 Officers
Call Response, Sergeant may also respond
Robbery 2 Officers (minimum)
Domestic 2 Officers
OUI Stop 2 Officers
Burglary 2 Officers
Shoplifting 2 Officers
Report writing

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Moving Forward
Emergency Preparedness
Homeland Security
Unfunded mandates
Texting while driving ban
Bullying (No SRO at Middle & Elementary Schools)
Harassment ~ Restraining Order
Identity Theft/Fraud
NIMS/ICS training

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Recent Events
39 Waverley Avenue (All officers committed)
Morse Street standoff (All officers committed)
Attempted Murder (All officers committed)
Housebreak Breaks 9 (May 1 – 20)
2 were occupied residences overnight

Car Breaks 4 (May 1 – 20)

Robbery 1 (May 1 - 20)

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 Arlington Belmont Watertown
Total Sworn Officers 64 46 65
Chief 1 1 1
Deputy Chief 0 1 0
Captain 3 1 2
Lieutenant 8 5 6
Sergeant 9 9 9
Patrol Officer 43 29 47
Civilian Dispatcher 10 9 9
Civilian Disp. Supervisor 0 1 0
FY 2011 Police Budget $7,078,869 $6,372,913 $6,997,291
Dispatchers & Civilian Inc in Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
Police Chief & Staff Inc in Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
School Crossing Guards School Dept Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
Total FY 2010 Budget $7,078,869 $6,372,913 $6,997,291
FY 2010 Police Budget $7,146,768 $6,114,008 $6,960,430
Dispatchers & Civilian Inc in Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
Police Chief & Staff Inc in Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
School Crossing Guards School Dept Budget Inc in Budget Inc in Budget
Total FY 2009 Budget $7,146,768 $6,114,008 $6,960,430

May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org

 2009 NIBRS CRIME REPORTED

ARLINGTON BELMONT WATERTOWN

Murder 0 0 0
Gun Robbery 1 0 3
Robbery 11 3 7
Gun Assaults 4 0 6
Aggravated Assault 59 20 31
Rape 3 6 2
Property Crime 536 289 636
Burglary 119 98 89
MV Theft 26 14 32
Larceny 391 166 515
Violent Crime 73 29 40

GENERAL STATISTICS

2009 Arrests 261 104 541

2009 Citations Issued 3,375 3,059 9,729
2009 Parking Tickets 14,065 7837 31,629
2009 Calls For Service 25,330 18,536 21,115
May 22, 2010 www.watertownpd.org