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FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 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, 2024.
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.
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.
The renewal of Measure A approved by the City Council on December 5, 2023, was accompanied by a retention and recruitment plan, which reprogramed 60 vacant positions toward the improvement of retention and recruitment for all Stockton police officers. Effective on April 1, 2024, Measure A will fund 60 police officer positions and additional pay and benefits for the retention of all Police Sergeants and Police Officers.
Present Situation
Program updates for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 third quarter are provided in the following pages. Below is staffing data as of March 31, 2024:
1) Police Department Staffing:
a. 7 officers were hired, 10 separated, and the total sworn staffing level was 344.
b. 27 out of the 33 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. 9 of the 9 professional staff positions were filled.
3) Neighborhood Betterment Team:
a. 3 of 5 professional staff positions on the Team were filled.
4) Office of Violence Prevention:
a. 6 of 6 professional staff positions were filled.
b. 8 of 8 Peacekeepers positions were filled during this period.
Further OVP program updates will be provided at the committee meeting.