HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7352 ! 'INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7 352
To the mayor and Members of the City Council February 7, 1989
Subject: FIFTEEN ADDITIONAL POLICE TRAINEES
The Police Department maintained an actual strength of 978 as of
December 31, 1988, thirteen positions below full authorized strength.
The latest civil service attrition projections indicate that the department
will remain significantly below authorized strength unless the next
training class size is increased. The 1988-89 adopted.budget includes
funding for one class of twenty trainees who will graduate in the summer
of 1989. A recent analysis shows that twenty trainees will leave the
department short of its pipeline concept goals. Although the attrition
rate dropped from 3.75 per month in 1986 to 3.16 per month in 1988, the
downward trend should not continue. Conservative estimates for 1989
show at least ten retirements during the year; resignations have remained
relatively constant, dropping slightly from twenty-two in 1986 to twent'y
in 1988.
At this time, the city staff agrees that fifteen additional trainees will
enable the department to remain close to authorized strength by the end
of the fiscal year. The department will continue monitoring the attrition
rate throughout the next several months and make any necessary adjustments
to the final number of trainees.
FINANCING
The large number of vacancies creates salary savings throughout the
department. Current projections indicate salary savings will total approxi-
mately $275,000 by the end of the fiscal year. The cost of adding fifteen
trainees to the next class will be $241,024 during fiscal year 1988-89. The
Police Department will not require additional financing to increase the
trainee class size.
Douglas Harman /I
City Manager
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS