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SFPD presents hiring plan, fleet needs and mobile-data priorities in budget briefing
Summary
Department leaders outlined a two-year budget update showing about 88–89% of costs in salaries, a multi-year hiring plan to restore sworn ranks by 2018, capital requests for a new Public Safety Building and urgent vehicle replacement needs.
Maureen Gannon and colleagues presented the San Francisco Police Department's budget overview for fiscal years 2013–14, summarizing revenue and expenditure priorities and standing requests to the mayor's office and the Controller's COIT process.
Gannon said roughly 88–89 percent of SFPD expenditures are for salaries and fringe benefits and noted state revenue (about $41 million) from Proposition 172 as a material revenue source. She described an aggressive hiring plan that seeks 150 recruits per year, multiple academy classes in 2013 and a path to full staffing by December 2018; civilianization was presented as a way to move administrative duties out of officer positions so sworn personnel can return to patrol.
Capital asks include about $8 million budgeted for furniture and fixtures for a new Public Safety Building (construction slated for completion in 2014 and a move-in targeted for October 2014). Gannon also flagged vehicle-fleet problems: a substantial share of marked cars have more than 100,000 miles, some vehicles date back to the 1980s, and the department is seeking a five-year replacement schedule and funding for new vehicles.
On technology, the department requested funds to expand its crime-data warehouse, improve patrol connectivity and procure mobile devices for officers. The presenters said they were evaluating a secure Android-type smartphone and an Oracle mobile application to provide field access while working through criminal-justice data security constraints.
Commissioners asked about capital-controls and dispute-resolution processes for large projects, the composition of review boards for firearms and return-to-duty matters, and whether the department's PowerPoint summaries adequately reflect the fuller investigative documents used by the chief. Gannon and Chief Suhr said DPW is managing construction and that the mayor's office is engaged in cost monitoring.
The commission did not vote on budget items at this meeting; the presenters said the formal proposed budget would be available the following week and discussed next steps for COIT review and mayoral recommendations.
