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IN' ER-6FTICE MEMORANDUM
To.
Honof ab I e Mayor
and Membef s oAtr. August 0, 1 085
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of the City
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FROM.
Sergio Pere 1
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City Manager
ENCLOSURES
The purpose
of this memorandum Is to discuss the City of Miami's
initlatlVes
to combat crime.
We face, as
We have discussed, a serious crime situation in our
community.
While the rate of violent crimes such as murder. ..
homlClde and
aggravated assault has decreased substantially
during the first
half of 1985 other categories of crime such as
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larceny and
motor vehicle theft have Increased.
Chief Dickson and I have been carefully analyzing the myriad of
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complex factors
associated with crime, crime prevention and law
enforcement.
This analysis, conducted- as One of my too
priorities since
my appointment as City Manager, has led to the
development
of a multl-faceted major Initiative to combat crime.
am, with
the support and guidance of the City Commission,
„s
Immediately
Implementing the following 11 point program.
Action 1.
Immediately shift 10% of plainclothes investigators
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to pro -active uniformed on -street patrol. This
action will place an additional 30 sworn officers
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on the street.
Action 2.
Immediately reassign all appropriate non -active
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duty status officers to administrative assignments.
This will enable us to place approximately 30
additional sworn officers on the street In uniformed
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pro -active patrol.
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Action 3.
Immediately begin the recruitment, hiring and
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training of a minimum of 50 additional Public
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Service Aides (PSA's) In addition to the 70
PSA's currently In the Department. We are now
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Identifying funds In our FY-86 balanced budget.
The addition of PSA's will free sworn officers
from administrative functions. This will enable
us to put a minimum of 37 addltonal sworn officers
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on the street in uniformed pro -active patrol.
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Action 4,
IffiffiedlAt6ly hAVe All h6h-Uhdertbver tw6th personnel
WeAt UhlfOtffit while On official duty, this will
6hhande but 0611te Vl9IbIlIty And Ofttehde through
but the dofflibUhIty, This U11(f6M 0611CY Will Affect
Nil
A00toxifflately 276 tw6rh
Action 6.
IffiffiedlAtelY IMOIC-fneht A Patrol 8y Objectives (P80)
tYgteltl for All OAttbl Uhltt. this 080 System 19 6
Oerf6tinahte Oriented ffiAhAgeMeht And rhbhlfor lhg
System that will help ensure the effectiveness Of
our forces.
Action 8,
Iffimedlately c0heehtrata new patrol resources during
peak hours In high profile areas thereby Increasing
the effectiveness Of our forces.
Action 7,
immediately Continue to step up Utilization of our
MaJOr COMPUter SYSteMS In support of Police
functions. The City of Miami is nationally
recoginl2ed as a leader I-, Law Enforcement
Systems, In order to maximize the full potential •
of computer crime fighting, we will actively
seek to Increase the participation Of other
Jurlsdictlonsi Crime has no jurisdictional
boundaries, and a fully Integrated and Interactive
network Is essential.
Action 8.
Immediately re-emphasize the role of the Task Force,
the Police Department's specialized crime suppression
team, to take direct action to deal with unique
crime problems. This would Include the targeting
of high crime areas for special enforcement, such
as the 1-95 robbery situation.
Action 9.
Immediately Increase the City's participation In
local, county, state and national cooperative efforts
and Task Forces.
Action 10.
Immediately continue analysis and efforts to cIvIIIa-
nize additional police functions such as accounting
and training in order to release additional sworn
personnel for crime fighting assignments.
Action 11.
Immediately Implement the functional realignment of
the Police Department developed and recommended by
Chief Dickson. This realignment more effectively
focuses the resources of the Department on crime
Hohorabl a MAyoF and McMber+t
M the City C 611itfi I ss 1 ISI°1
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flghtl.MO aWvitie§, Uhder this plah, the how
eXlstlhg 00eratl6hs blvisioh with ohe Assistaht
Chief Will be re-stFUdtUred Ihto the UriIforffi
PAtro l D I v I§ I OM and the Cr irft i ha l I nvest i gat i ors
Clvl§loh, eadh headed by an Attlttaht Chief
1`e06rtIM9 directly to the Chief of Police: At
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the tame time, the three turreht beputy Chief
posltlohs (two of which are Currently uhfllied)
Will be elimlhated, §treAr1hllhlMg the chalk of
Command
In summary, this ii Point Action Plan represents a Carefully
analyzed broad range Initiative to Combat crime. I am Conf(dent
that with your Gohtlhued support we can meet this majbr challenge
to our Community,
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CC,. Clarence Dickson, Chief of Police
Assistant Pollee Chiefs
Assistant City Managers
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