Ellis’s budget recommendation is pretty lengthy, consisting of 271 pages. We have made it available to you below. Pages 4, 5, 6, 53 and 185 -190 deals with police.
In a nutshell, here is Ellis’ recommendation:
• Suspend merit increments and Sick Leave Incentive: I’m feeling sick already.
• Continue with Master Patrol Officer Incentive Plan: Nice
• Suspension of routine vehicle replacement: You think you are driving junk now?
• Reducing the number of take home cars, especially outside the county: ICP? Keisha?
• Funding to increase pay raises by 8% in year one of a 3 year plan: Ain’t gonna happen.
• Addition of 200 officers in groups of 50: Ain’t gonna happen.
• The addition of 100 take home cars: Ain’t gonna happen.
• Funding for 443 Tasers: Ain’t gonna happen.
• Additional cameras for domestic violence cases: Ain’t gonna happen.
• 9 additional CSI personnel: Nope
• 2 additional admin assistants in communications: Sorry Conroy
• 2 more Public Information Officers: Outta here.
• 3.4 million dollars for a third helicopter: Not this year (like we need one, hell the 2 we have are never up).
• Director of Public Safety: You betcha!
Click Here For 2009 Budget Recommendation
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Slamin Ethel wants to know can Leanne Levetan and Bobby Burgess come back please.
The madness continues.
I think everyone kind of figured that merit increases and sick checks would not be funded this year. I have to agree with the chief that the idea of a Director of Public Safety is an outdated concept. It their intention is to get someone over the police and fire chiefs then why not just fire them if they are so bad. Adding over 200k to the payroll just to watch over the different departments seems kind of stupid.
Guys if you think Dir Williams won't have a take home car you really need to get a clue. The people who will pay in the reduction of take home cars will be much lower in stature. I for one hate to see any reduction in take home cars because we have fought many years to get them. A year from now less will have take home cars and we'll still be waiting on vehicles. The only difference is more will be waiting with you. Another helicopter at over 3 million bucks. Please!
These are tough financial times for most local and state governments. It's good that we are not having to go on furlough like Atlanta. I'm sure most will continue to do a great job and look at the bright side, atleaset this year the Majors and Capt's can't threaten anyone with a crappy eval because it won't matter anyway!
You think waiting a hour after rollcall for a car sucks now. Wait till we are doubled up and there are only 7 cars in the whole precinct. We have 6 cars over 120k already.
No Tasers?
What happened to the confiscated drug money that was supposed to be sitting in an account somewhere? I thought that was going to fund tasers and it wasn't gonna come out of the general budget.
Wasn't it just a matter of the BOC voting to actually use the money that is sitting in an account somewhere?
If you are a officer in DeKalb, have your friends and family write, call and e-mail the county commissioners. Trust me, they are listening very closely right now when it comes to public safety. You can't do it yourself, because if TeBo and Keisha Margarita find out, you're finished. But have your friends and family contact the commissioners about the budget, issues with the health insurance, etc. The time is now people!
Well, you got what you wanted. Now no one will have a take home car. Not ICP, not CID, not SWAT.
No one. No more CID or SWAT call outs. Morning watch, you're on your own.
For some reason it amazes me that I work with officers that look forward to other officers misfortune. People who get on here and say certain people need to have their take home cars taken should really take a good look at themselves and be ashamed for blocking someone elses blessing. If you were in a unit that got a take home car I would like to see you turn it do, Mr or Ms high and mighty.
Comments like that lead me to believe that you keep get passed over for specialized units or you are just to lazy to do try anything else.
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