Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #33A - Discussion ItemCITY S141 A GEf? Or, Richard L. Fosmoen City Manager A/itICenneth I. Harms, Chief Department of Police Robert D. Krause, Director ��¢`•=/':! ` Department of Human Resources October 20, 1980 Status of Police Recruitment This updates our continuing efforts on Police recruiting. - APPOINTMENTS The Police Department appointed 32 recruits to the academy class that began October 6. The Police Department expects to appoint an additional 36 officers to the recruit class beginning November 3; 24 of the recruits have already been cleared for appointment. TESTING ! Test results from the exam given on October 1 have been submitted to the University of Chicago for scoring. We expect the results to be returned within a few days. A total of 110 candidates took the exam on October 1. The candidate pool comprised 50o Black males and females, 37.5% Latin males and females, 3.1% Anglo females and 9.4% Anglo males. The next exam is scheduled on October 29. The exam will be given simultaneously to candidates for Police Officers and Public Service Aides. At this writing, there are a total of 57 applicants for Police Officer and 65 for Public Service Aide. We expect to have 100 or more candidates for each position by October 29. ADVERTISING The Department of Human Resources has been running weekly ads in the Miami Times and El Diario De Las Americas. In addition, the department has been running intermittent ads in the Miami Herald. The Police Department has assigned seven Police Officers from the Community Relations Unit to the recruiting program, including the responsibility to contact all social agencies within the City in order to attract minority applicants. We have scheduled appointments during the current week to interview prospective advertising firms and request proposals. We hope to have written proposals available by early November. CONSENT DECREE AMENDMENT The Law Department has taken the necessary steps to amend the Consent E$800 -�7 7 7 80-779 ................... . Richard L. Fosmoen City Manager October 20, 1980 Page -2- Decree in order to permit recruitment and appointment of candidates who live within the State of Florida. At the present time, the motion to remand the Consent Decree from the Fifth Circuit Court to the Federal District Court for the limited purpose of entering such an amendment is still pending. PERT BI-WEEKLY POLICE APPLICANT PROGRESS REPORT FROM OCTOBER 5, 1980 TO OCTOBER 23, 1980 EMPLOYED WPM WF BM Bf SHIM SF TOTAL 10/06/80 BLE #47 3 1 10 6 ll 1 32 Certified Police Officer* 1 01 • 33 Percentage 12.1 % 3% 30.3% 18.2% 33.3% 396 10090, Minority hired: 87.3% 11/03/80 BLE #48 0 3 8 4 14 2 31 As of 10/23/80 the Miami Police Department has qualified 31 candidates for the upcoming class of November 3, 1980. We anticipate to have between 35 and 38 qualified and hired by October 29, 1980 for the November 3, class. The total hired for the November class will be reflected in the next report. 12/08/80 BLE /l 01/12/81 BLE /{ PROJECTED 02/09/81 BLE # 03/16/81 BLE # 04/13/81 BLE ll 05/11/81 BLE # INSTITUTE TRAINING (SEFICJ) Thirty-one (31) Police Recruits are currently enrolled in the Academy (BLE #47) One applicant resigned after being; accepted by our Department from the original 32. APPLICANTS IN PROCESS Recruitment 10/23/80 As of 10/23/80 700 applicants City residents 231 Non -City residents 319 Total applicants: 550 On October 1, 1980 one -hundred and three (103) applicants were tested from the 231. The test results have not been received as of this date 10/23/80. Exam dates No exam due during this period Register Return Awaiting results from Human Resources h Certification ' Register Referral Not applicable during this period & Notification Sent Application Processing The last report submitted indicated that of the 262 candidates that passed the exam, 215 showed up for processing. Since 23 August 1980, we have sent letters through the mail advising the applicants that did not show up to contact the Background Investigation Unit. As of 23 October 1980 an additional 27 candidates have been in contact with us. This brings the total to 242. Twenty (20) candidates have failed to contact us. I.D. Prep. time Not applicable at this time O.B. Notice Not applicable at this time Interview & Selection Goal was attained on last report Transfer & Training T.C.11 and Secretary I Last report reflects the hiring of a TCII Applicant declined after hiring. The TCII and Sec.I have not been hired due to lack of qualified applicants Polygraph 10/23/80 207 Completed to date ,Medical 10/23/30 208 Completed to date Physical Agility 10/23/80 193 Completed to date Record Check 10/23/80 160 Completed to date & Letter Work Out Back x-rays 10/23/80 190 Completed to date Background 10/23/80 160 in progress Investigations Oral Interview fad. 9/22//80 - 10/23/80 65 Completed Signing In and Not applicable at this time Swimming From October 1 to October 23, 1980, a total of ten Police Officers have left the Police Department: 1 Officer retired I Officer dismissed 2 Officers terminated frorn the Academy for academic reasons 6 Officers resigned The officers that resigned indicated that they either found other careers to pursue or they went with other police departments. As of February 1, 1980, a total of 71 sworn officers have left the Police Department. The majority of these officers have indicated in their exit Interview that they were disappointed with the lack of support shown by the criminal justice system and the community. In an attempt to place more Police Officers on the street, the Police department has developed a plan to civilianize positions throughout the Department. The following Is a breakdown of the positions to be civilianized: * 1 Account Clerk relieved one P.O. in Traffic * 1 Chief Management Analyst will relieve one P.O. in Planning & Inspections 1 Clerk I position will relieve one P.O. in Records 1 Laborer will relieve one P.O. at the Stables 3 Property Specialist II will relieve 3 P.O. In Property 1 Property Specialist I will relieve I P.O. in Property 1 Publicity News Manager will relieve a sworn supervisor in the Office of Information Dissemination 1 Rangemaster will relieve sworn supervisor In Range * 2 Reorganization of Directives do Correspondence relieved 2 P.O.S. * I Senior Programmer relieved one P.O. In Systems Development 5 assignment of PSA's to Front Desk will relieve 5 P.O.s * 1 City Attorney relieved 1 sworn supervisor from Legal * 1 Court Liaison reduced 1 P.O. 4 Comm. Operators and 3 PSA's will replaced 4 light duty positions and 4 regular duty P.O.'s in Communications *:Already accomplished A total of 28 sworn positions will be replaced by non -sworn personnel, The City residency problem needs to be resolved as soon as possible, if we are to meet our recruitment and hiring goals. As it can be seen as of October 23, 1980 of tite total of 550 applicants, only 231 are City residents. As of October 23, 1980 the processing has been going smoothly and outside of the possible problem areas stated in the previous report, we do not anticipate any obstacles to prevent the Department from meeting; our hiring; goals. Attached you will find a copy of the latest results of a Recruitment ntecting hold on October 16, 1980, at the City ;Manager's Conference Room involving representatives from the CityManager's staff, the Police Department and Hinman Resources Department. �....»»...�.»..»....,...,,.,....+,..r,,.�...<.:..,.wares,ttrxrFtl:eaura:nsanns..rratm,e�..,w,.,m.,..,.....,...�..�..�..,,.......,..M...«...,,.....s................,....�........_............,...—......_.._..... _ _ _.._..�........�...�....-.�.....��....��..,,, W CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MG:MORANDUM TO. Kenneth I . Harms DATE: FILE' October .16, 1980 PER 15 Chief of.Poltce (Through Channels) SUDJECT: Recruitment Meeti.ng C iHOAt• L t . J . W . Pearce REFERENCES: Commander Crime Prevention Unit ENCLOSURES. A meeting was held in the City Manager's conference room involving the following: Howard Gary, Rob Parkins, and Manohor Surana from the City Manager's staff; Chief Harms, Major Alba, and Lt. Pearce from s the Police Department; and Mr. Krause, Mr. McQuen, and Ms. Salgado from H.R.D. The meeting was called to coordinate -the recruitment effort for the Police Department. The following points were discussed and resolution reached: 1. The recruitment effort cannot rely totally on police officer interaction with the community. Although an integral part, without directed 'advertising the officers will not reach a_ sufficient number of applicants. All five Crime Prevention officers will be assigned full-time to recruitment with the support of a sergeant and lieutenant. 2. Mass media advertising has the potential for indescriminate recruitment which could adversely affect the Department's minority recruitment efforts. A professional consultant will be necessary to correctly direct the advertising campaign. Mr. Krause and Chief Harms will draft the objectives for the consultant, and Mr. Krause will contact a White, Latin, and Black company to request proposals. Mr. Gary stated he will intercede -to expedite the contractural arrangements.' 3. Proposals were reviewed for community involvement in the recruitment.campaign. The Police Department is working with community leaders, civic and business groups and social service agencies. Mr. Parkins will coordinate a police job fair , involving the agencies normally used for CETA jobs. Mr. Surana will cost out an incentive recruitment program for City employees who refer selected applicants. 4. Using Judge Kehoe"s stated intentions of allowing the Department to recruit outside City limits, a decision was reached to recruit applicants on a county -wide basis as soon as the 5th From October I to October 23, 1980, a total of ten Police Officers have left the Police Department: 1 Officer retired I Officer dismissed 2 Officers terminated from the Academy for academic reasons 6 Officers resigned The officers that resigned indicated that they either found other careers to pursue or they went with other police departments. As of February 1, 1980, a total of 71 sworn officers have left the Police Department. The majority of these officers have indicated in their exit Interview that they were disappointed with the lack of support shown by the criminal justice system and the community. In an attempt to place more Police Officers on the street, the Police department has developed a plan to civilianize positions throughout the Department. Tile following is a breakdown of the positions to be civilianized: * 1 Account Clerk relieved one P.O. In Traffic * 1 Chief Management Analyst will relieve one P.O. in Planning & Inspections 1 Clerk 1 position will relieve one P.O, in Records 1 Laborer will relieve one P.O. at the Stables 3 Property Specialist If will relieve 3 P.O. in Property 1 Property Specialist I will relieve 1 P.O. in Property 1 Publicity News Manager will relieve a sworn supervisor in the Office of Information Dissemination 1 Rangemaster will relieve sworn supervisor in Range * 2 Reorganization of Directives &- Correspondence relieved 2 P.O.s. * 1 Senior Programmer relieved one P.O. in Systems Development 5 assignment of PSA's to Front Desk will relieve 5 P.O.s * 1 City Attorney relieved 1 sworn supervisor from Legal * I Court Liaison reduced 1 P.O. 4 Comm. Operators and 3 PSA's will replaces( 4 light duty positions and 4 regular duty P.O.'s in Corn mun!cat ions *:Already accomplished A total of 28 sworn positions will be replaced by non -sworn personnel. The City residency problem needs to be resolved as soon as possible, if we are to meet our recruitment and hiring goals. As it can be seen as of October 23, 1980 of the total of 550 applicants, only 231 are City residents. As of October 23, 1980 the processing has been going smoothly and outside of the possible problem areas stated in the previous report, we do not anticipate any obstacles to prevent the Department from meeting; our hiring goals. Attached you will find a copy of the latest results of a Recruitment meeting hold on October 16, 1950, at the City ,Manager's Conference Room involving representatives from the City .Manager's staff, the Police Department and Human Resources Department. Kenneth I. Harms SUBJECT: lie cruitment..Meet ing Page 2 October 16, 1980 Circuit Court of Appeals refers the case back to Judge Kehoe. Mr. Krause stated the applicants would not be able to be tested until Judge Kehoe abridges the Consent Decree. 5. A coordinated systems for expending the advertising monies will be arranged between H.R.D, and the Department.• Mr, Gary stated he was not concerned with the administrative aspects as he felt they, would not hinder either Department's operation. •In Chief Harm's discussion with Mr. Krause, only two items need to be resolved. The first involved the testing of the County applicants already on file. As the Department is in direct competition with U.P.S., these applicants need to be tested as rapidly as possible. If Judge Kehoe's order is not signed within a week of a scheduled testing.date, a special test should be given. The second item concerns the consultant and authority to expend funds. Eventhough contracted through H.R.D. on a daily basis, the consultant must wort: for and with the Police Department. Additionally, the Department must -have the latitude to advertise on an as -needed basis at the direction of the consultant. The Department, and specifically the Crime Prevention Unit, should be able to expend funds within established parameters without individual item expendi- ture approval from H.R.D. JWP:rna r,