Police Union Cuts in a Nutshell.

MDPD Highlights: We received this from one of the police union members. It provides a breakdown of how much the Mayor's cuts will hurt public safety.

* MDPD will continue to provide police services to other County
entities: the FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes reimbursements for
services provided to Jackson Health Systems ($1.166 million), the Port
of Miami ($8.773 million), and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department
($31.117 million)

* In FY 2014-15, MDPD will continue to provide contracted police
services to the following municipalities: Town of Miami Lakes, local
patrol ($7.226 million); Town of Cutler Bay, local patrol ($8.664 million)
and optional services ($262,000); Village of Palmetto Bay, local
patrol ($7.235 million) and optional services ($86,000); City of Doral, optional
services ($223,000); and City of South Miami, School Crossing Guard
services
($70,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the addition of three Police
Officer positions at the Airport District ($259,000) and two Police
Officer positions at the Town of Cutler Bay ($173,000); funding is
provided by the contracting entity

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the elimination of the Sport
Unit within the Special Patrol Bureau, which is deployed to address
increasing targeted crime trends throughout the County; position
reductions include one Police Lieutenant, two Police Sergeants, and
nine police Officers ($1,059 million)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the elimination of the
Incident Management Team (IMT) within the Special Patrol Bureau, which
provides organizational and logistical support during large scale
pre-planned and unplanned emergency incidents; position reductions
include one Police Lieutenant, three Police Sergeants, and five Police
Officers ($806,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of the Motors
Unit within the Special Patrol Bureau, which provides enhanced uniform
traffic enforcement, including DUI enforcement, and assists with
dignitary assignments; position reductions include one Police
Sergeant, and three Police Officers ($351,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of the Marine
Patrol Unit within the Special Patrol Bureau, which enforces maritime
laws in the coastal and inland waterways of the County, conducts
search and rescue operations, and renders assistance to neighboring
agencies; position reductions include three Police Officers ($259,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of the Special
Events Unit (SEU) within the Special Patrol Bureau; the unit is
responsible for coordinating all major events and in-kind services,
and provides training and coordination of the Special Events Response
Team (SERT); position reductions include one Police Lieutenant and two
Police Sergeants ($282,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the elimination of the
Special Response Team (SRT) Training Unit and one SRT Team Unit,
including one Police Lieutenant, two Police Sergeants, and nine Police
Officers ($1,059 million); two SRT Team Units (28 sworn personnel)
will be retained to respond to tactical incidents countywide, such as
bomb threats, hostage situations, high-risk search warrants, and
barricaded subjects

* In FY 2014-15, the Department will close the Midwest District
Station and divide the area of responsibility between the surrounding
districts; sworn staff reductions include one Police Major, one Police
Captain, one Police Lieutenant, one Police Sergeant and seven Police
Officers
($1,063 million); civilian staff reductions include one Administrative
Secretary, one Secretary, one Information Officer, one Police Station
Specialist and one Police Records Specialist ($328,000); the Special
Patrol Bureau will be relocated from a privately owned facility to the
Midwest District Station ($242,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of 16 Police
Crime Analysis Specialist 1 positions in Police Services ($1.243
million)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of 50 Police
Officers who are currently in the Basic Law Enforcement (BLE) Academy
($4.316 million) 90

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of one Police
Captain ($108,000) and four Police Sergeant positions ($368,000) from
the Professional Compliance Bureau, which investigates complaints
against MDPD employees, conducts staff inspections, and ensures
compliance with departmental policies and accreditation standards

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the elimination of the
Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) Unit and reduction of the Gang Unit
within the Narcotics Bureau, which address drug and gang activity in
the highest crime areas of the County; position reductions include
three Police Lieutenants, 10 Police Sergeants, and 22 Police Officers
($3.115 million); these reductions will impact the Department's
ability to address drug trafficking and gang related crimes, which
tend to influence other types of violent crimes

* In FY 2014-15, the Economic Crimes Bureau and Narcotics Bureau will
be merged to create the new Organized Crime Bureau; position
reductions include one Police Major, one Police Sergeant, and nine
Police Officers ($869,000), as well as one Administrative Secretary
($68,000); economic crimes investigations will be assigned to the
General Investigations Units (GIU) at the Districts

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the following position
reductions in the Crime Scene Investigations Bureau: three Police
Officers
($259,000) and 10 Police Officers to be replaced by 10 civilian Crime
Scene Technicians ($261,000 net savings)

* In FY 2014-15, a Police Captain position ($108,000) will be
eliminated in the Homeland Security Bureau

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of Special
Victims Bureau, which will transfer domestic violence investigations
to the General Investigations Units (GIU) in the Districts; position
reductions include one Police Lieutenant, four Police Sergeants, and
12 Police Officers; delays in follow-up investigations are expected
since GIU will assume more duties with fewer personnel ($1.503
million)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the following position
reductions in the Forensic Services Bureau: two Police Officers from
the Vehicle Research Unit ($173,000); three Police Sergeants and three
Police Officers from the Property and Evidence Section to be replaced
by six civilian Property and Evidence Specialist 1s ($243,000 net
savings)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the reduction of 12 Police
Crime Analysis Specialist 1 positions in Investigative Services
($932,000)

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the following position
reductions in the Robbery Bureau; two Police Sergeants and nine Police
Officers in the Robbery Intervention Detail (RID) Unit ($961,000),
which conduct proactive enforcement initiatives to combat violent
crime; and one Police Sergeant and five Police Officers in the
Investigative Unit ($524,000), which provide follow-up investigations
of robberies and other violent crimes; these reductions will impact
the Department's ability to proactively address robberies, which have
increased 10% since 2012 The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes sworn
attrition savings for 281 sworn vacancies ($25 million) and 35
civilian vacancies ($4.3 million) anticipated by the end of FY 2014-15

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes $1.245 from the 2013 COPS
Hiring Program (CHP) grant; the grant supports 57.5 percent of the
salary and fringe costs of 15 Police Officers over a three year
period, with a maximum value of $1.875 million

* In FY 2014-15, the Department will initiate a lease-purchase
agreement to replace approximately 650 frontline vehicles (includes
marked and non-marked vehicles); the Department currently maintains
more than 3,300 vehicles in its fleet inventory

* In FY 2013-14, the Department transferred 46 positions to the
Information Technology Department (ITD); the consolidation has
resulted in a recurring savings of approximately $1.5 million

* The FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes various reductions of
operating expenses, including the deferred purchase of desktop
computers
($1 million), tasers ($580,000), and tactical vests ($285,000)

* In total, the FY 2014-15 Proposed Budget includes the elimination of
228 sworn positions ($19 million) and 57 civilian positions ($4.2
million) department-wide; sworn staff from specialized units,
investigative units, and support functions will be redeployed as
needed to maintain the current level of service in uniformed patrol