[vc_row][vc_column][trx_title style=”underline”]Objective B1: Law Enforcement Training[/trx_title][vc_tta_pageable no_fill_content_area=”1″ active_section=”1″ pagination_color=”black”][vc_tta_section title=”Section 1″ tab_id=”1571871988885-d5141fd4-dd8c”][vc_column_text]The Memphis Police Department is budgeted for a complement of 2,304 sworn officers but currently has approximately 1,980. The understaffed force means overtime is over-used to meet basic coverage needs and is putting a strain on officers and the budget. Optimal policing is simply not possible with this degree of understaffing. The Memphis Police Department and the City of Memphis will prioritize resources and initiate innovative new recruiting and staffing strategies – including an expanded Police Service Technician (PST) program. A zero-based staffing assessment with outside consulting support will be completed to confirm the optimal staffing allocations and complement size which Memphis Police Department leadership currently estimates is 2400-2500 The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will also conduct a zero-based staffing assessment to confirm ideal complement size. Currently the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is budgeted for a complement of 829 deputy sheriffs and 1,151 correctional deputies, for a total of 1,980. It estimates needing a complement of 857 deputy sheriffs and 1,191 correctional deputies, for a total of 2,048.
However, even in advance of any zero-based study, it is clear that the Memphis Police Department staffing needs expansion. For example, homicide investigators in Memphis are handling well above the national average of cases per investigator. An FBI study of 2008 noted the average homicide investigator handles five new investigations per year, Memphis investigators have been assigned as many as 15. The Memphis Police Department is also clearing homicides at a rate exceeding the national average. The average clearance rate in 2014 across the U.S. was 64.5%,26 Memphis has solved 74% of the 2016 homicides as of early September. While some short-term needs might be addressed through implementation of internal reorganization, there is an outright, clear need for more personnel. And more law enforcement resources need to be available to focus specifically on
gang-affiliated violent crime
Key Objective Outcomes:
- Achieve the current level of funded complement in the Memphis Police Department by 2020.
- Achieve the current level of funded complement in the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office by 2020.
- Achieve assessment-based ideal Complements in both agencies by 2021.
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