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FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 THIRD QUARTER UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARSHALL PLAN
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Summary
City staff will present an update on Marshall Plan implementation through March 31, 2021.
DISCUSSION
Background
One of the Strategic Initiatives adopted by the City Council to reduce crime and increase public safety is the Marshall Plan on Crime (Marshall Plan). Adopted in 2013, the Marshall Plan is a comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional approach to addressing the violence endemic in San Joaquin County. Stockton’s voters approved Measure A (and the companion Measure B) in November 2013 that provides funding to implement four components of the Marshall Plan: 1) rebuild the Stockton Police Department by adding 120 new police officers and 33 civilian support personnel, 2) expand the Neighborhood Services Section, 3) establish a Neighborhood Betterment Team, and 4) establish an Office of Violence Prevention.
Within the law enforcement profession, there is a natural attrition rate that impacts overall staffing levels from the very start as officers work their way through the police academy and then the departmental field training program. The first several years on the job are rigorous, and when combined with routine departures through retirement, injury, and other opportunities, the department’s net gains in staffing levels fluctuate throughout the year. Early on, the Police Department maintained an aggressive hiring pace in its efforts to increase sworn staff and civilian support personnel; however, with the majority of authorized positions filled, the pace has moderated.
Similarly, the Office of Violence Prevention has been hiring staff and implementing initiatives since the beginning of the Marshall Plan efforts to address the ten-year plan approved by the City Council in 2013.
Present Situation
Program updates are for the Fiscal Year 2020-21, through March 31, 2021:
1) Police Department Staffing:
a. 30 officers were hired, 35 separated, and the total sworn staffing level was 455.
b. 15 out of the 19 professional support positions were filled including police records assistants, telecommunicators, administrative analysts, property clerks, evidence technician, program manager and a police services manager.
2) Neighborhood Services Section:
a. 8 of the 9 professional staff positions were filled.
3) Neighborhood Betterment Team:
a. 3 of 5 professional staff positions on the Team were filled.
b. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all community events were cancelled until late in the third quarter, for the health and safety of community and PD staff members.
4) Office of Violence Prevention:
a. 6 of 6 professional staff positions were filled.
b. 7 of 8 Peacekeepers positions filled were during this period.
c. Cognitive Behavior Classes have been reinstated since COVID-19.
d. Started a college-prep class called OVP Scholars in partnership with Stanislaus State and San Joaquin Delta College.
Further OVP program updates will be provided at the committee meeting.