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APRIL 17, 2015 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-3
Meeting to hear about two proposals from
‘City Police’ consultant is next Wednesday
BY SHARON RICE
EDITOR, THE FRIDAY FLYER
Is it possible to combine the bud- gets of the City of Canyon Lake and the Property Owners Association to create a City Police Department that would cov- er some of the roles currently filled by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Depart- ment and Securitas Community Patrol?
The law-enforcement consultant that the City Council hired at the March 4 meeting to review current and past con- tracts for Canyon Lake’s police servic- es and to prepare reports for planning, organizing and staffing a potential City Police Department will be giving a public presentation of his findings on Wednesday, April 22, and Tuesday morning, May 5, in the City Council Chamber. All residents are invited to at- tend. There will be a time for questions and answers.
The April 22 meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.; the May 5 meeting will be held after the Public Safety Commit- tee meeting, which starts at 9:30 a.m. and ends between 10 and 10:30.
Tom Hicks is a retired police chief and former federal agent with a B.A. de- gree in Public Sector Management along with extensive Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) education and credentials. He is an active member of the California Association of Chiefs of Police, the FBI National Academy As- sociates and the Retired Peace Officers Research Association of California. His consulting firm consists of three retired police chiefs and other law enforcement specialists.
Councilwoman Dawn Haggerty, who ran on a campaign promise to investi- gate the possibility of creating a City Po- lice Department to save the City money, says two proposals will be shown and discussed:
the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, who the City currently pays for one day and one night shift deputy, to creating a City Police Department without POA in- volvement.
Dawn says the projected costs dem- onstrate that, in the first year, the City would pay a little more than being with the Sheriff’s Department; but a five-year projection shows an increased savings each year for the City. Approving this proposal would mean the POA would continue with its security company at the new budgeted cost of $2.2 million for the coming year.
and POA to partner together for a po- lice force that would operate inside and outside the gates. Based on a $700,000 contribution by the POA, and their continued budgeted costs for Marine
Patrol and gate guards (that the POA would continue to manage) the prob- able savings to the POA would be about $480,000.
This would mean a reduction of fee on each lot of somewhere in the $80 to $100 range.
Are there other benefits to partnering with the City? Dawn thinks so, saying, “It would entail a full-time, 24/7 police force of at least three men on duty at any given time, a response time of five to eight minutes in most cases, and the ability to arrest on site.
She expects it would not be easy. “There are many issues to be ad- dressed. One is that the City would have to adopt POA rules, Bylaws, etc. and make them City ordinances so they can be enforced by the City Police since the POA streets are private. This has been done before.”
The City of Canyon Lake currently con- tracts with the Riverside Sher- iff's Department Perris Station for police services. The contract provides for one day-shift deputy and one night- shift deputy. When more are needed, they generally come in from Menifee, as seen during the recent rob- bery at BBVA Compass Bank.
Dawn notes there are some POA rules that could be enforced by City- uniformed Community Resource Of- ficers (CRO), which would be part of the City police force but not Academy graduates. They would report to the City Police Chief.
“We have tried to include all costs for start-up, general liability insurance policy, PERS and other employee costs, vehicle maintenance and insurance, op- erating costs such as booking and lab fees, etc.,” says Dawn. “In the plan, we set aside a $75,000 contingency fund to cover unplanned expenses.”
She urges everyone to come to the meetings with their questions. “We need to determine which, or if either plan would be best for Canyon Lake. Let’s make sure this plan is vetted completely so we know if it can work. If it can, we all will benefit from it.”
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