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Priority Issue: Police Reviews, Page 4 5. Engage an interim, assessment-center based promotional process to fill existing vacancies for lieutenant and sergeant positions and use information gained in the process to inform a longer range initiative to develop a new promotional process. A contract of approximately $30,000 will be required as a supplement to the FY06 budget to complete these processes. 6. Engage a consulting firm to conduct a comprehensive staffing study of the EPD to update the Hobson studies. The desired result is a dynamic (can be modified to changing conditions over time) staffing model addressing the entire operation (the Hobson studies addresses only patrol and communications), taking into account both service level and workload indicators. A contract of approximately $40,000 will be required as a supplement to the FY06 budget to fund a staffing study. 7. Increase investigations capacity and accountability of the Internal Affairs Function. ICMA-PERF recommended a command officer, two investigators, and administrative support as appropriate staffing for Internal Affairs. A new (additional) sergeant investigatorposition will be assigned to EPD Internal Affairs in FY06 by reallocating an existing vacancy. Additional resource requests will be made beginning in FY07 based on the outcome of the Police Commission review process as well as ICMA-PERF recommendations. 8. Develop a neighborhood-based community policing strategy. FY06. The development of a neighborhood-based community policing strategy is the cornerstone of EPD's future community policing philosophy. Development of the strategy will require staff time, some materials and supplies, and information from the staffing study (Item 6). Costs of actual implementation would be phased-in over the course of several years and are variable depending on the options selected. 9. Develop a new hiring and screening process. FY06. Costs are primarily staff time though staff costs in Human Resources and testing components (testing materials, psychological evaluation, background investigations, etc.) may require consideration in future budgets. 10. Develop a multi-track in-service training program. FY06. Costs associated with the development of the multi-track in-service training program consist of staff time and materials-supplies. Implementation may require consideration in future budgets. 11. Develop a supplemental basic training program. FY06. EPD will complete the development of a supplemental basic training program to complement a state-required change by January 2007. Development of the program will require staff time only. Implementation costs for future basic training are not yet known though there will be at least a partial offset of costs associated with the current process.