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POLICE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUMMARY
MISSION
STATEMENT: To reduce the
incidence of crime and to improve the quality of life in Arlington County by
making it a place where all people can live safely and without fear.
FY 2004
PRIORITIES: The FY 2004 priorities of the Police Department are:
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Implement the Records Management System upgrade (RMS7)
and the Mobile Data project.
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Procure all equipment provided by the State and Local
Emergency Preparedness (SLEP) grant.
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Continue working with regional and countywide agencies
in developing protocol relating to emergency preparedness.
PRINCIPAL PROGRAMS:
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Executive Administration & Systems Management
Program
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Community Policing Program
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Criminal Investigations Program
SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHANGES: The
FY 2004 proposed budget for the Police Department is $38,237,609 or an
increase of $787,654 (two percent).
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Because of state
budget cuts affecting the Police Department, the FY 2004 budget has been
reduced by $116,102, through savings in Records Management System (RMS)
software maintenance fees.
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Overall personnel costs increase $735,754 as the result
of normal step increases and a reduction in credit for turnover ($100,000)
because of fewer vacancies and more successful recruitment of Police Officers.
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Total non-personnel costs increase $51,901. Non-personnel budget items that increase
include photo red light citations ($91,629), County vehicle replacement and
maintenance charges ($68,595), and telephone charges ($6,603).
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Overall revenues decrease by $329,011 because of the
expiration of the COPS More 98 grant ($40,130), decrease in photo red light
fines ($171,505) and the decline in one-time false alarm registration fees
($157,152). The decrease in one-time
registration fees will be partially offset by the anticipated increase in false
alarm fines ($30,776).
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DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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% Change:
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Actual
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Adopted
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Proposed
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'03 to '04
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Personnel
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$30,151,798
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$32,266,886
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$33,002,640
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2%
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Non-Personnel
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5,361,177
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5,183,068
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5,234,969
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1%
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Total Expenditures
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35,512,975
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37,449,954
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38,237,609
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2%
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Fees
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1,356,691
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1,363,311
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1,074,430
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-21%
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Grants
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669,645
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40,130
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-100%
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Total Revenues
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2,026,336
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1,403,441
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1,074,430
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-23%
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Net Tax Support
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$33,486,639
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$36,046,513
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$37,163,179
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3%
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Authorized FTEs
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472.0
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472.0
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472.0
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Frozen FTEs
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-
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-
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-
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Funded FTEs
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472.0
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472.0
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472.0
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PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
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FY
2001
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FY 2002
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FY
2003
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FY
2004
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FY
2004
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Actual
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Actual
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Estimate
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Estimate
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Target
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Mission Outcome Measures
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Uniform crime rate:
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Part 1 Offenses:
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Homicide
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3
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4
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4
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4
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4
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Rape
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29
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29
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29
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29
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29
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Robbery
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199
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210
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210
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210
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210
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Aggravated assault
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138
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120
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120
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120
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120
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Burglary
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490
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416
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416
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416
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416
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Larceny
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5,395
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4,487
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4,487
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4,487
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4,487
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Vehicle theft
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702
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638
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638
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638
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638
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Total Part 1 Offenses
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6,956
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5,904
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5,904
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5,904
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5,904
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Daytime population
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290,323
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294,395
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294,395
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294,395
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294,395
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Part 1 Offenses per 100,000 daytime population
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2,396
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2,005
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2,005
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2,005
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2,005
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Respondents believe police are focusing on
appropriate issues in their neighborhood
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70%
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70%
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70%
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70%
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70%
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Perception of feeling safe in their
neighborhood
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70%
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81%
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70%
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81%
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81%
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Satisfaction with their interaction with an
officer
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96%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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96%
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Satisfied with the treatment received by an
officer
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90%
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87%
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90%
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90%
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90%
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2002 numbers for Part 1 offenses were generated from an
internal database. The official count
will be released by the Virginia State Police in mid-March 2003.
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Following a national trend, Arlington County switched
from the traditional UCR reporting system to the National Incident-Based
Reporting Systems (NIBRS) on July 1, 2001.
Consequently, data contained for 2001 is a mixture of UCR and
NIBRS. Although UCR and NIBRS are
fundamentally similar, there are enough differences to make direct comparisons
between data collected under the two systems problematic. As a general rule,
NIBRS crime rates tend to be higher than UCR rates. This tendency results from a variety of factors, but the primary
reason is NIBRS' practice of statistically counting all separate violations
within a single criminal event, a practice not done under UCR. For example, under UCR, a murder committed
during a robbery would be reported only as a murder. Using NIBRS, the same incident would be counted as a murder and a
robbery.
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The Police Department contacted 1,800 telephone numbers
at random to participate in the survey.
217 responded to the survey.
FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS:
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The Police Department will need additional funding for
equipment and training in an effort to improve public safety and emergency
preparedness capabilities.
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Sophisticated surveillance equipment will have to be
updated and replaced to keep pace with changing technology. One such change will involve replacing all
Dialed Number Recorders (DNRs) to be compatible with the conversion of phone
service from analog to digital. This
technology is still under development and could cost as much as $50,000 to
$100,000 in the next two years.
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International and domestic terrorism will potentially
necessitate an increase in FTEs, as additional personnel will be needed for
intelligence gathering and analysis functions.
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