TEXARKANA ARKANSAS POLICE DEPARMTENT

MONTHLY REPORT

MARCH 2003

ROBERT H. HARRISON

CHIEF OF POLICE

PERSONNEL

The Police Department currently has four commissioned officer positions and one Docket Coordinator’s position open.  Three officer and the docket coordinator positions were frozen and have not been filled.  We were allowed by the City Manager to hire two officers to replace Officers Cowart and Fullen who were called to active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom.  The positions will be reduced when the officers return to work.  We expect their deployment to be a minimum of one year.

·         Ptl. Ronald Munn                               initial hiring

·         Ptl. Teddy Rocole                              initial hiring

·         Ptl. Claudia Phelps                            initial hiring

INDEX CRIME

Budget

Expenditures remain within prorated limits for all police budgets.  Vehicle maintenance costs in 2002 were significantly lower than costs that we experienced in 2000 and 2001 - largely as the result of being able to replace several vehicles from our aging fleet.  The total vehicle maintenance expenditures for FY2002 were $78,643 - a 34.5 percent decrease from FY2001 and a 6.3 percent decrease from FY2000.  Fuel costs are not reflected in these figures.

Grant Status

Expires 12/31/02.  The THA’s share is $85,000.00 and there is no local match.  Pays the full salary and fringe of two police officers whose primary responsibility is Housing Authority property.

Expires 06/30/03.  The federal share is $205,210.00 and local match is $88,749.00.

Expires 2003.  Pays one half of purchase cost for bulletproof vests for officers.  The federal amount is $3,069 and the local match is $3,069.

Expires 09/30/03.  Provides law enforcement related equipment and technology.  The federal amount is $55,570 and the local match is $6,174.

Expires 09/30/03.  Pays the full salary of a police officer to investigate all cases involving violent crime against women and a police liaison position through Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc.  The state amount is $78,291.66, and the local in-kind match is $26,119.40.

Expires 09/30/03.  Pays overtime for DWI, speed, and occupant protection enforcement.  Federal amount is $40,000 with no local match.

Expires 07/11/04.  Pays the full salary and fringe for a civilian warrant/complaint officer and the salary for a part-time civilian fleet maintenance manager.  It also provides some law enforcement related equipment and technology.  The federal amount is $43,014 and the local match is $4,779.

OPERATIONS