FY 2023 Police Department Budget Presentation
Actual and Estimated Expenditures by Object
Department
Expenditures by Object
2018
Actuals
2019
Actuals
2020
Actuals
2021
Actuals
2022
Estimate
2023
Proposed
Personnel Costs $141,707,638 $150,374,069 $156,495,881 $163,686,186 $174,253,400 $187,650,700 Non-Personnel Costs $12,156,312 $16,896,661 $12,280,580 $11,801,947 $14,072,800 $17,005,400 ID Charge Costs $15,679,096 $11,251,535 $21,422,439 $22,718,708 $30,687,200 $29,243,900 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $169,543,046 $178,522,265 $190,198,600 $198,206,841 $219,013,400 $233,900,000 Fresno Police Department
Actual and Estimated Expenditures
1. The Police Department's FY 23 Proposed budget totals $233,900,000 which included $220,451,300 General Fund.
2. FY 23 Proposed PERS Budget includes an increase to the General Fund of $13.4M for an additional 37 sworn and 25 civilian positions. This will bring the Department total to 875 sworn and 380.50 civilian positions (1,255.50 FTEs). Compared to FY 18, there has been an increase of 74.66 sworn and 101.50 civilian positions (176.16 FTEs). Increased costs since FY 18 include new positions, step advances, contractual obligations/MOU raises for all bargaining units, pension, Health & Welfare and worker’s compensation.
3. FY23 Proposed Non-Personnel budget includes an increase of $2.9M over 2022 estimates to the General Fund for contractual obligation growths, officer recruitment, new employee equipment, increase in training, information technology, RTC repairs, AXON recording system, increase in outside legal services, utilities, and the expansion of the Shotspotter program. O&M costs since FY 17 have remained constant, except for FY 19, which reflects $5.9M for our new SE Substation.
4. FY 23 Proposed ID charges include $X.XXM in General Fund for replacement of 120 vehicles and 12 new vehicles. The decrease and increase in FY 19 and FY 20, respectively, was due to the conversion of funding for the Public Safety Fleet Division . In FY 19 it was moved out of Police Department’s budget and was returned in FY 20 and continues in FY23.
Actual and Estimated Revenue by Type
Department Revenue by Type 2018
Actuals
2019
Actuals
2020
Actuals
2021
Actuals 2022 Estimate 2023
Proposed
General Fund $9,233,052 $10,779,141 $15,138,301 $39,836,722 $6,050,100 $9,404,100 Special Revenue (Grants) $6,603,818 $7,326,083 $7,075,189 $8,478,835 $7,186,300 $8,294,000 Capital (SE Station in FY18 &
19) $6,565,878 $6,534,095 $(472,213) $156,511 $130,000 $130,000 Enterprise (CLES Program) $2,082,117 $2,779,329 $3,107,629 $2,631,982 $3,020,300 $3,567,200 Trust (Witness Fees) $(600) $305 $11,004 $8,979 $0 $0
Debt Service (Chiller & RTC) $722,857 $1,386,266 $1,381,255 $1,371,182 $1,376,900 $1,376,900 TOTAL REVENUE $25,207,122 $28,805,219 $26,241,165 $52,484,211 $17,763,600 $22,772,200 Fresno Police Department
Actual and Estimated Revenues
1. FPDs FY 23 Proposed revenue is $22,772,200, which is an increase of $5M from FY22, due to an increase in grant funds and CLES. The General Fund also reflects the re-instatement of the Student Resource Officers in middle schools for both Fresno Unified and Central Unified School Districts, FAX Officers, and the newly created Street Racing/Impaired Driving and CSO/Park Ranger programs.
2. The Enterprise revenues have increased over the past five years due to increases in the use of our Contract Law Enforcement Service (CLES) program.
FY 23 Budget Expansions Expansion Count
or Cost
Additional Employees, Counts (Includes 20 CSO’s/Park Rangers) 37 sworn / 25 civilians
Additional Employees, Costs $2,887,300 GF /
$962,400 Measure P
New Vehicles, Count: 120 Replacement (60 Patrol; 45 Unmarked; 15 Motorcycles), 12 New (Unmarked), New (1 De-Escalation); 31 New (6 FAX; 14 SRO; 11 Street Racing) 5 New (CSO/Park Rangers E- vehicles, utility vehicles, and Ford Hybrids)
120 replacements /
12 new / 31 new; 5
new CSO-Park
Ranger
New Vehicles, Cost ($1,117,000 replacements; $626,400 new; $58,700 De-Escalation; $401,500 CSO/Park Ranger)
$1,802,100 GF /
$401,500 Measure P
New Information Technology/Communications Equipment $250,000 GF Fresno Police Department
FY 23 Budget Expansions
FY 23 Budget Expansions Expansion Count
or Cost
Other – Contract Agreements (Prisoner Processing - $40K, ShotSpotter - $630.6K, Prop & Evid. - $7.7K, NW Lease Agreement - $2.7K); Legal Services - $75K, Utilities - $115.9K, Mental Health Triage - $600K
$1,471,900 GF
Other – RTC repairs/equipment $395,000 ARPA
Other – Officer Recruitment - $60K, Officer Equipment - $522.3K, Training - $100K, FTO Premium - $36K, Metro BU - $97.9K, Street Racing - $120.8K, AXON - $30K, FUSD/CUSD Officer Equipment - $153.9K, FAX Officer Equipment - $65.9K, Officer radios - $693.1K, CSO/Park Ranger Equipment - $95.06K
$1,186,800 GF /
$386,200 ARPA /
$95,100 Measure P
TOTAL FY 23 BUDGET EXPANSIONS $9,838,300
Fresno Police Department
FY 23 Budget Expansions (cont’d)
Fresno Police Department
FY 23 Department Budget Priorities
1. Building trust within the community through more effective communication through the Metro Bike Units and existing Special Units within the Department (MAGEC, Youth & Community Services Unit, District Suppression Teams). $604,200
• Metro Bikes Units will be deployed in the Downtown area with the additional team being utilized not only in Downtown but the Tower District, El Dorado Park, and other areas of Fresno where there is an uptick in crime. Anticipate increasing to 12 Metro Bike officers if awarded the COPS Hiring Grant.
2. Increasing community support by continuing to work with and develop partnerships with the community which includes the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)/Community Based Organizations (CBO). Several of the current partnerships include:
• Bringing Broken Neighborhoods Back to Life (BBNBTL)
• Youth Advisory Forum/Chief’s Student Advisory Council through FUSD (Jrs/Srs) • Teen Academy through Chaplaincy
• Police Activities League (PAL), PIVOT – 5th graders at Birney Elementary School • Gaston Middle School Youth Leadership Program
3. Continuing to lower crime through the use of the technology through the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), Crime View, ShotSpotter gunshot detection system, fixed and mobile License Plate Readers, and the Crime Analysts. ShotSpotter ($630,600)
Fresno Police Department
FY 23 Department Budget Priorities (cont’d)
4. Provide the mandatory training to our officers including de-escalation, implicit bias, perishable skills, interview and interrogation and the 3-week homicide investigation school to name a few. We will attend as many POST certified courses as funding allows. $100,000
5. Committed to recruiting the most qualified candidates through our Recruiting Unit and development innovative strategies to seek that pool of candidates. Through this process we will ensure the candidates are representative of the communities we serve. $60,000
6. Continue use and issuance of body-worn cameras to uniformed officers. The cameras provide evidentiary value as well as a more accurate accounting of interactions between members of the community and our officers.
7. Establishing a Impaired Driving/Street Racing Team to combat in the increase in “side shows” and “street racing” in the city of Fresno; thereby reducing injuries and fatalities with the city. $1,123,500
8. Re-instatement of the Fresno and Central Unified School Resource Officers in the middle schools. This relationships provides the officers an opportunity to build trust and relationships with our youth. In addition, it enables students and staff to feel safe in a learning environment. $1,405,300
Fresno Police Department
FY 23 Department Budget Priorities (cont’d)
9. Re-institute the partnership with FAX by funding officers in the last quarter of the year to provide the safety and security to our bus drivers and the riders. $411,400
10. Provide the necessary safety equipment for officers to protect and serve our community with the purchase of radios, ballistic vests and plates, body-worn cameras, firearms, etc. $693,100
11. Establish a Mental Health Triage Program that will addresses the Commission on Police Reform’s recommendation to develop an alternative response to mental health crisis calls for service that does not require a law enforcement response. $600,000
12. Purchase a De-Escalation Vehicle to respond in critical incidents. $58,700
13. Recruit Emergency Services Dispatchers (5) to provide adequate staff levels, address “burn out”, decrease overtime, and improve call answering and officer response times. $188,200
14. Acquire replacement and new vehicles to replace the vehicles that have reached their end of life; and provide vehicles for the newly established units. $1,802,100. Measure P will fund the vehicles for Park Rangers/CSO’s ($401,500).