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2015 CITIZENS TASK FORCESitka police Department
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Challenges and Opportunities
• Crime
• Staffing
• Facility
• Working with good partners
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Complex Crimes
• Illegal drugs =crimes that reduce livability.• Heroin, meth, and prescription drugs.• Domestic disputes and assualts-189• Sexual assault of minors-15• Cuts to DA office, Probation, and Jails• 1 detective-occasionally 2
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STAFFING
Staffing shortages and turnover-Very expensive• Sworn and civilian staffing cuts-from 21 officers to 17• Consistently below strength for both officers and staff• It takes at least a year to recruit, hire and train an officer. • Currently down 2 Dispatchers, 1 Jailer, and eliminated a Multi Service
Officer.
Opportunity cost• Want to change the future of crime but can’t.• Organizational health—Nature of the work and schedule=Attrition.• Increased victimization• People feel less safe
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STAFFING
2014 Municipal Solutions Report
Ketchikan—Pop. 8,250--25 officers—30.13% of Budget
Wasilla----Pop. 8,456---24 officers---42.05% of Budget
Sitka---------Pop. 9,046---17 officers---16% of budget
Desired Strength• 2 FTE -Records/evidence clerk/backup dispatcher• 3 police officers-investigation/SRO/patrol• 1 FTE Detention Officer
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The Building
Built in 1975• Home to multiple agencies and the
Courts• Substandard HVAC system• Poor electrical system• Not designed to be a police and jail
facility
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THE BUILDING
• 32.5 staff and many prisoners in 5000 square feet.
• Small and unsecure evidence storage Ex. -renting off-site storage -impound lot• Not considered a community asset or
space• Municipal Solutions-propose a new
one stop facility
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PATROL AREA
• 17 officers and equipment in a small area• Dark, cluttered, and inefficient• unsecure-open to the jail• No decontamination area• No locker room facility• 1 unisex toilet
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PATROL AREA
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PATROL AREA
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PATROL AREA
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SITKA JAIL
• 351 person days in October-days have been increasing
• Small space and no windows for prisoners• Unsafe for staff and prisoners-Smuggling• Unhealthy-Off site food pickup• Used to house people with mental health
problems-2 female cells• Release people to make room
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SITKA JAIL
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SITKA JAIL
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DISPATCH-RECEPTION-RECORDS
• Small with no privacy• Old technology-15 year old RMS• Insufficient power back up• Not secure-Open windows and back door• Prisoners can hear radio transmissions• Reception area is small and inadequately
marked-unwelcoming
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DISPATCH-RECEPTION-RECORDS
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BREAKROOM AND EVIDENCE
• Small and inappropriate mixed use
• Kitchen space shared with evidence prep and storage
• Not healthy or clean
• Eat your sandwich next to heroin and body fluids
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BREAKROOM AND EVIDENCE
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ADMINISTRATIVE AREA
• Not secure or private• Storage converted to office space• 1 interview room• Roll call room-storage room-TWIC-
meeting space• limited IT space
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ADMINISTRATIVE AREA
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Finally:There are great things happening!
Partnerships with remarkable people
• Sitkans Against Family Violence• Sitka Tribe of Alaska• Sitka Counseling and Prevention Services• Sitka Fire--Search and Rescue• HOPE Coalition