April 16, 2024
Police Department
DATE: April 16, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Bisa French, Chief of Police
Subject:
CAL ID Remote Access Network and County Law
Enforcement Training Center Annual Expense Increases
FINANCIAL IMPACT: An additional $33,353 is needed for the CAL-ID program, and an extra $48,000 is necessary for the Law
Enforcement Training Center, making the total additional amount needed $81,353. Additional amounts will come
from the Police Department’s approved budget
(01191021-400209).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
June 21, 2022 – Resolution 87-22 taken to City Council
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The annual expense for the CAL-ID Remote Access
Network and Law Enforcement Training Center has
increased beyond the amounts authorized by Resolution
87-22. City Council approval for additional expenses
totaling $81,353 is necessary to fulfill both purchase
orders.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE the purchase order amounts of $178,353 for
the cost of maintaining the CAL-ID program mandated by
the State of California, and $69,000 for the Law
Enforcement Training Center for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 – Police Department (Chief Bisa French 510-621-1802).
AGENDA
REPORT
April 16, 2024
DISCUSSION:
Contra Costa County CAL-ID
The Contra Costa County CAL-ID program was formed in 1987 in response to legislators enacting the California Penal Code section 11112.1. The law directed the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a statewide California Identification System, known as CAL-ID. The CAL-ID program provides funding for an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), which facilitates the statewide telecommunications network dedicated to the transmission of fingerprint data throughout the state for the use of identification by law enforcement agencies. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), also known as the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), is established in a county, or shared between counties, to provide local automated fingerprint identification of subjects that are booked into jails, registrants and decedents, as well as to identify suspects in criminal cases when their latent fingerprint(s) is/are discovered at crime scenes.
To be eligible to participate in the new statewide program, counties in California were required to form a local governing body, known as a Remote Access Network (RAN) Board. The RAN Board governs the funds allocated to Contra Costa County collected under Senate Bill (SB) 720 (Vehicle License Fees) and California Government Code (GC) section 76102 (Criminal Penalty and Assessment Fees) for ABIS associated expenditures. The Contra Costa Chief’s Association and the local RAN Board agreed that the amount charged to each agency would be based on the figures provided by the State of California Department of Finance’s numbers from the previous calendar year.
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff's budget funds a significant percentage of the Identification and Latent Units' annual operational costs (housed within the Counties Criminalistics Laboratory). Currently, the Office of the Sheriff funds five (5) positions (three Fingerprint Technicians and two Criminalists), pays its share of the CAL-ID local agency cost, provides services and supplies associated with the latent functions of the agency, and covers any deficits experienced at the end of the fiscal year.
Employee costs (including a union approved five percent salary increase for Fiscal Year 2023-2024) have continued to climb as well as increased operational costs (e.g., technology software and hardware maintenance and support, ongoing contracts, interface updates, etc.). Depending on the prevailing economic conditions, the RAN Board can decide to increase the amount charged to the agencies by a percentage at the discretion of the Board, which has currently been 10 percent.
The estimated amount to be billed to the cities for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 is $1,802,125, of which the City of Richmond makes up 9.9 percent of the population and owes $178,353. (NOTE: The fee is based upon the population total which is why some agencies may experience a percentage of change slightly higher, or lower, than the 10 percent mentioned above).
April 16, 2024
Contra Costa County Law Enforcement Training Center
The Contra Costa County Law Enforcement Training Center is operated by the County’s Sheriff’s office and operates a training facility that has a live shooting range, scenario training, classroom instruction, and hosts a Police Academy available to civilians looking to enter into sworn law enforcement. Richmond Police Department is currently hiring sworn officer positions and has sent trainees to the academy in the past with successful graduates entering the ranks as a Police Officer. Richmond PD staff sends trainees to various local academies but the choice is dependent on when the academies start and end.
Summary
Resolution 87-22 was passed on June 21, 2022, and allowed the City Manager to authorize a payment amount up to $145,000 for the California I.D. Program, and $21,000 for the Law Enforcement Training Center. The respective $145,000 and $21,000 amounts were estimated based on the past fiscal year’s invoices. This year’s invoice is $178,353 for the California I.D. Program, and $69,000 for the Law Enforcement Training Center; therefore, RPD staff is seeking City Council approval for the increased amount of $33,353 for the California I.D. Program, for a total not-to- exceed amount of $178,353, and an increased amount of $48,000 for the Law Enforcement Training Center, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $69,000.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – CAL ID Letter and Invoice from CCC Sheriff Attachment 2 – Resolution 87-22
Attachment 3 – Proposed Resolution