Police Department

Mission Statement

The mission of the Hopetopia Police Department is to protect the life and property of our residents with an equal application of the law, to effectively enhance the safety of the public, and to foster a positive relationship with the community.

Recent News

Note

10/3/2023 In conjunction with city-wide efforts to improve services, the Police Department has identified three performance goals that it will begin tracking and reporting publicly. 1. Shifting community policing from a unit-specific certification to a department-wide practice with full certification for all officers. 2. Tracking and increasing non-enforcement contact with public (with a goal of 5 interactions per officer per week). 3. Collecting 100 guns per month through the new gun buyback program.

Note

9/27/2023 The police chief has been focused on community policing efforts, using assigned and steady patrols who operate on a predicted schedule in pairs and have the same assigned beat for 6-month cycles. Recently, the investigations units unresolved crimes rate has increased by 30%, driven largely by poor clearance rates in the Southwest quadrant. Morale is generally low among your officers as some patrols feel their assigned beats are disproportionately more difficult than others. The department has also been struggling with community relations in the Southwest quadrant where multiple reports of officer misconduct have been verified by the Citizen Review Board.

Operations

Who We Are

Table 1 summarizes Police Department staffing by position and demographic characteristics of interest to the public.

Table 1: Police Department Staffing Descriptive Statistics (FTE)
	Detectives	Sergeants	Officers	Captains	CRB	Total
White	141	705	2,073	41	33	2,993
Non-white	25	124	829	0	29	1,007
Male	145	746	1,865	33	25	2,815
Female	21	83	1,036	8	37	1,185
Non-resident	158	663	2,280	17	0	3,117
College degree+	166	622	1,036	41	12	1,878
Total	166	829	2,902	41	62	4,000

How We’re Doing

Table 2 provides the average performance on our tracked indicators for officers in each ward. The indicators are measured at the officer-level and then averaged by ward.

Table 2: Police Department Performance Indicators by Ward
	NW	SW	NE	SE
Percent of officers CP certified	25	10	15	20
Avg. Number of Contacts (per week)	2	3.5	.5	6.9
Guns recovered through buyback (per month)	15	25	65	23

Current Operations Budget

Table 3 provides an overview of the FY23 budget proposed by the mayor and passed by the city council. The mayor’s proposed budget maintains the FY22 allocation to the Department of Emergency Services in FY23. After weighing the proposed budgets, the Executive Director of the Department of Emergency Services granted the Police Chief’s request for an additional 500,000 to double the budget for the Citizen Review Board. After meeting with neighborhood associations, business and non-profit leaders in Hopetopia, and attending City Council hearings, we have allocated the additional resources primarily to communications - focused on community policing training consistent with the mayor’s goals. The bulk of the money will be allocated to hiring new personnel and procuring a contractor for conducting community policing professional development courses. See Table 3 (c) for details.

Table 3: Budget Overview FY23

(a) Operations Budget for FY23 (in 1,000s)
Policing and Corrections	961,782
Police	585,874
Investigations and Forensics	25,113
Corrections and Rehabilitation	255,141
Communications and Other	76,654
Capital & Equipment	18,000
Citizen Review Board	1,000

(b) Police Budget Detail (in 1,000s)
Police	585,874
Capital	17,750
Personnel FT Pay	387,915
Pay - Other	40,330
Fringe benefits	88,163
Overtime	51,716

(c) Police Operations Allocations
Police	585,874
Patrol Services	256,219
Investigations	136,373
Administrative Support	24,043
Professional Development	50,145
Internal Affairs	9,308
Homeland Security	52,505
Management	57,281

FY22 Operations Budget

Table 4 (a) outlines our budget for FY22 overall (in thousands) and Table 4 (b) breaks out the details of the police budget by cost and Table 4 (c) breaks out the budget by operations. Our FY22 budget is currently in development.

Table 4: Budget Overview FY22

(a) Operations Budget for FY22 (in 1,000s)
Policing and Corrections	947,318
Police	572,163
Investigations and Forensics	25,113
Corrections and Rehabilitation	255,141
Communications and Other	76,404
Capital & Equipment	18,000
Citizen Review Board	500

(b) Police Budget Detail (in 1,000s)
Police	572,163
Capital	18,000
Personnel FT Pay	383,915
Pay - Other	34,330
Fringe benefits	86,663
Overtime	49,252

(c) Police Operations Allocations
Police	572,163
Patrol Services	256,219
Investigations	126,373
Administrative Support	24,043
Professional Development	46,185
Internal Affairs	9,308
Homeland Security	52,505
Management	57,531