Dekalb Sheriff's office has approved a 15% to 20% percent pay
raise in October. Sandy Springs has just approved a 20% pay increase for police
officers. Last year Atlanta police received a 30 % pay increase. What will
Dekalb county do to retain officers and to bring the pay and benefits for officers up to the same level as other Metro agencies?
Dekalb is the lowest-paid department with one of the worst
retirement options and the highest cost for health insurance in the metro area.
This statement was received by an anonymous email so I decided to post it.
The big question is what will happen with the Dekalb county police department now?
Chief Ramos is obviously not happy here and it seems very apparent
that the officers who work for her do not want her here and do not respect her.
After it was made public that Chief Ramos had applied for the chief of police
in Austin Texas, she had made the statement that she had done all she can do
for Dekalb county and she wanted to take on a new task in Texas.
After Chief Ramos did not make the final three in the Texas job,
she stated she has withdrawn her name from the position to make it appear it
was her decision.
Ramos does not want to be here in Dekalb county and is not
under any contract so why is the C.E.O. keeping her in place, the morale is the
worst it has been in 30 years and more officers are leaving than we are hiring.
Ramos is just one of many problems with the police department, but it would be
a good start and a good step in the right direction to show the officers you
want to do the right thing and get rid of someone who does not want to be here.
After speaking with several of these officers they all have expressed the same sentiment. The county and department do not care about police officers or retaining good officers. They have expressed that the chief is the worst in the entire state of Georgia.
Chief Ramos has made it very
clear she does not care what the officers want or what they need. Several
veteran officers have said she is the worst Chief that Dekalb county has ever
had.
To add insult to injury the CEO is giving front line workers
a box of girl scout cookies to show his appreciation, this is a joke and the
officers are insulted by the gesture.
I am fearful of what is going to happen to Dekalb county
police and for the citizens of Dekalb county with the current state of morale
and the direction that the police department is headed.
Chief Ramos does not care what the church leaders, the business
owners or the neighborhood communities want.
She put out another email stating she is moving forward with the plans
of an outside company controlling and managing the extra duty jobs for all Dekalb
police. Chief Ramos does not care that
this will have a negative impact on the community and the security that has
been established with all the small businesses and churches in Dekalb County.
It makes you wonder what the real motive behind this could be.
Chief Ramos has really upset all the officers from what I am being told, she has chosen to use an independent company to organize and oversee all off-duty jobs. who chose this company? how are they being paid?
From: Patterson, Pamela T. <PTPatterson@dekalbcountyga.gov>
The Department has procured assistance from an independent company specializing in managing off-duty employment for police agencies and their officers. On May 1, 2021, our Department will transition from officer-coordinated scheduling to a professional management company. Before the transition occurs, everyone will receive training on the software and get the opportunity to become familiar with the program.
The company provides the below benefits and much more:
For your convenience, you can click on the link below and enter the information for the business you coordinate employment; or forward the link to the business’s contact person, who will enter the business’s information. The link is https://extradutysolutions.com/dekalb-county-pd-secondary-employment-vendor-worksheet.
Please be mindful that only approved businesses will be authorized as secondary employment locations. As such, it is imperative that we provide the information for the businesses currently being worked by our officers to the management company to provide uninterrupted service.
At no time should any DKPD employee contact the management company directly until we are online. All questions shall be directed through your chain-of-command. When we are online, the management company will provide contact information for the employees’ use.
More information will be available soon.
2020 was a rough year for Dekalb Police, Homicides, Rapes, Burglaries, Stolen vehicles, and traffic fatalities at an all-time high. While citations and pro-active policing at an all-time low. The department is having trouble keeping officers due to the overwhelming call volume, the constant special details, and last-minute canceling of off days and vacation days.
The low pay and high cost
of health benefits. Officers are leaving by the dozens for better jobs and
better benefits.
Chief Ramos
does not help matters by going to roll calls and telling beat officers they are
just a bunch of ungrateful complainers.
Assistant Chief M.P. Yarbrough retired last week, so the New Year should be very interesting with a lot of new changes coming. Chief Ramos will need to promote a new assistant Chief two Majors and three Captains. Along with her wanting to do away with the 4/3 work week. the new year will be full of changes.
Dekalb Police lost 14 officers last month from retirement, other departments, the private sector, and officers being
terminate.
The department is already short-handed and having trouble
putting officers on the street to handle calls and caseloads. With rumors of losing the 4/3 schedule, more
officers are looking to leave and to retire early.
Dekalb is already behind every other metro agency in what
they are paid, the benefits packages are the worst in the metro area.
Dekalb officers pay more out of their salary for health benefits than any other
agency in the metro area.
I am scared to see what happens when Chief Ramos puts the
whole department on the 5/2
