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Police present year‑to‑date dashboard; council clarifies CHP hiring‑grant match and waiver process
Summary
The police assistant chief presented a dashboard showing 8,097 total incidents year‑to‑date and 429 arrests. Council members asked about auto-theft recoveries, traffic stops and a COPS hiring grant application; staff said the city will request a waiver of the 25% local match but that waivers are not guaranteed.
The council received the Washoe (city) police department’s year‑to‑date dashboard and discussed grant strategy for the COPS hiring program.
An assistant chief presenting the dashboard reported 8,097 total incidents year‑to‑date, including 5,041 calls for service, 3,056 officer‑initiated activities and 429 arrests. The presenter said 60% of all activity was officer‑generated and reviewed monthly vehicle theft and recovery counts for January–May.
Council members pressed on several operational points. Martinez and others praised the department’s auto‑theft recoveries and asked whether some recoveries were in‑progress takeovers; the presenter answered affirmatively. The dashboard also showed traffic‑stop and citation counts by month; the presenter said the department is beginning an e‑citation rollout and anticipates citation counts to increase as training concludes.
During the consent‑calendar discussion, Council member Reyna asked about the California Highway Patrol (CHP) COPS hiring grant application and the program’s 25% local match requirement. Staff (Oni) explained the city previously received a COPS grant for one officer with a waiver granted and said the city will submit a waiver request again but that ‘‘it’s not guaranteed.’’
Staff clarified why a waiver is sought: the grant covers a portion of salary and benefits (the presenter used $125,000 as the nominal grant amount per officer), but overtime and certain costs are typically not covered, so local costs can accrue over the multi‑year term. Staff said the city frequently applies for a waiver and, if approved, the match obligation is reduced or eliminated; if not approved, the city would need to supply the local match from existing budgets.
The meeting included a community event update from the department: the recent bike rodeo on May 24 drew about 200 people.
No formal council action was taken specifically on the dashboard; staff said they will apply for the COPS grant and request a match waiver as part of the application process.
