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Committee backs reclassifying four police positions as detectives, sends recommendation to full board
Summary
The Public Safety Committee recommended the City Council consider reclassifying four Brentwood police roles — two criminal detectives, a retail/mental-health detective and a juvenile/SRO detective — to better reflect investigative duties; HR modeled a per-position salary impact that will be included in budget planning.
The Public Safety Committee voted to recommend that the full City Council reclassify four police positions into the detective bureau, a change the chief said reflects expanded investigative duties in retail theft, juvenile cases and mental-health–related incidents.
Chief Spies explained the package includes the two traditional criminal-detective slots plus a retail/mental-health detective (currently Jamie Clark) and a juvenile detective who also serves as the school resource officer (SRO). He described duties such as search-warrant preparation, suspect interviews and case development, and told the committee these officers have received additional specialized training.
Committee members questioned how the roles differ from prior labels and asked about cost. Tangela, identified as the HR manager in the discussion, provided modeled salary impacts; the memo displayed a figure of 60,807 (presented as a per-position impact in the meeting materials). The committee proceeded to a roll call; Alderwoman Harder, Alderman Lochmiller and Alderman Plovka recorded affirmative votes and the committee forwarded the recommendation to the full board for final action.
The committee did not itself adopt budget amendments; staff said the modeled costs would be incorporated into fiscal-year planning and that the board would address any amendment when it considers the personnel changes.
