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Police report: 12-hour shifts, increased training and uptick in domestic violence calls reported to council
Summary
Police representative reported 12-hour shift scheduling, increased officer online training, migration to a new RMS, generally quiet street activity with intermittent busy days, and a recent increase in domestic violence calls.
Speaker 3 (police representative) briefed the council on department operations during the pandemic. He said officers have been placed on 12-hour shifts for roughly three weeks and that the change "has worked out very well" overall, improving coverage despite long days.
Speaker 3 reported officers are doing roughly "probably somewhere between 5 and 10 hours a week" of online training as the department copes with lower call volumes. He also said staff mailed payment data to Sundance to integrate with the new records management system (RMS) and that the department expects the vendor to complete integration soon.
On calls for service, Speaker 3 said street activity has been "fairly quiet" with variable demand (noting some busy days at Walmart), but added the department has seen an increase in domestic violence calls over the last two weeks and is monitoring the trend.
Why it matters: changes to patrol schedules, training and RMS transition affect public safety coverage and department readiness; the reported rise in domestic violence calls is a public-safety concern the council and department will monitor.
Provenance: topicintro: SEG 311; topfinish: SEG 356.
