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eliminate our ability to leave the city to conduct immediate follow-up work on apprehending suspects who live outside our jurisdiction. 2. Reduce the SRO positions from three to one, only servicing the high school. This will increase the number of calls for the beat officers, thus reducing the time for proactive patrol. The elimination of the SRO positions will also impact the amount of time that the Criminal Investigation Division will have to spend following up on issues currently handled by the SRO's. 3. Reduce the bicycle unit from two to one position. This will cause a 50% decrease in the presence of the bicycle patrol in the downtown area, and eliminate the ability to provide seven day a week coverage. 4. Reducte the CID staffing, forcing the patrol officers to conduct their own follow ups on misdemeanor case reports.This added responsibility will greatly impact the amount of time for proactive policing to be conducted. 5. Eliminate highly effective special enforcement projects that have been conducted in the past. Some of these projects are: Operation Bad Santa which is conducted at the shopping centers during the holiday season; metal theft suppression at various times of the year; gang enforcement; Alcohol Beverage Control stings; and other crime suppression details. 6. Eliminate response to non injury accidents. . Eliminate response to non verified alarm calls. 8. Reduce response to certain types of property crimes (auto burglaries, auto theft, petty theft, financial crimes, etc.) or the development of telephone or mail in reports. 9. Probable decrease in arrests and citations due to the reduction in proactive patrol time. . Possible reduction in the patrol fleet, causing officers to ride as double units during certain hours of the day. This would cause a reduced police presence in the community. . Provide only state -mandated training for all staff members. Decreased training reduces officer safety and increases liability. C. The Best Case Scenario for the Criminal Investigation Division would include the addition of three detective positions and one administrative assistant position. The following is a breakdown of where the staffing would be deployed: 1. One Crimes Against Persons detective position 14 would be added to assist with the high volume of robbery investigations, as well as the serious nature of the other violent crimes investigated by that unit. . We would add two general works detectives to the division, who would work evening hours. These positions would be responsible for handling incidents that take place during "non business hours"' thereby reducing the overtime call out of the other investigators. These positions would handle follow-ups that had to be done for the other investigators during their shifts, such as statements, physical/photo line-ups, and surveillance. The detectives would also be available to assist the narcotics investigators and coordinate activities with the Patrol Division. If time permitted, these investigators could also be assigned cold cases and financial crimes cases. . The addition of one administrative assistant position to the division would assist the Public Safety Dispatcher in providing support to the detectives. The division had two positions for many years, but lost one of them during budget cuts several years ago. The position is needed to assist with getting information processed at a much faster rate (pawn slips, field identification cards), and getting information to the detectives in a more timely fashion to aid their investigations. Major cases with lengthy taped statements require a great deal of transcription time, along with the other duties and responsibilities of the position. 4. To further assist in the quality of the investigations we would like to have installed a screen at every two person work station that provides monitoring capability of Investigation Division interview room. This would enhance the investigators'ability to work as a team and cover all aspects of the interview and interrogation process. 5. We also have the need to continue to explore the newest advances in technology to assist with investigations. Technology such as cellular tracking systems can not only assist with cases, it could also be a lifesaving piece of equipment in certain types of investigations. There have also been significant advances made in both forensic and wireless video monitoring equipment that would be very beneficial to the division. D. In a Worst Case Scenario for the Criminal Investigation Division we would encounter significant cuts in our staffing