The organization which I use to work before retiring employed approximately 1550 sworn officers and 380 civilians. The organizations’ budget is based on CCPD funding which is revenue generated from the ½ cent sales taxes that provides resources to effectively implement crime reduction, crime enforcement, recruiting, training, departmental equipment, technology and infrastructure of the department. The budget is allocated to several departments within the organization based on staffing, resources, and materials. The staffing budgets are projections based on rank, shift, step-grade, promotions and overtime in which any sworn officer under the rank of Deputy Chief. Sworn officers pay, is based on the accumulation of 80 hours per pay period. A sworn patrol officer with 20 years of service, working first …show more content…
This expense is unforeseen because the department can’t project cost or budget the actual cost of the medical expense of a work related injury which officer(s) sustain. Because this example is a unfavorable variance to the department, if an officer is able to return but is not able to perform the duties of a police officer, the department can make the decision to place the individual in a non-police position (like the water department), removing the individual from the expenses of the …show more content…
The federally funded program gives monies to the city in return for officers working in an overtime capacity to generate money by writing traffic citations such as seat belt, speeding, and plate registration violations. This variance allows the department to utilize officers without the usage of the department’s actual budgeted cost; therefore all monies generated is considered as