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KENNEWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT 2021-2022 GOALS & OBJECTIVES 211 W 6th Avenue Kennewick, WA 99336 (509) 585-4208 Emergency 911 Non-Emergency (509) 628-0333 www.go2Kennewick.com/police ---PAGE BREAK--- During the 2021-2022 budget preparation process the Kennewick City Council reaffirmed budgeting by priorities as their top focus. Budgeting by priorities places significant weight to priorities and support goals directly related to the top five priority areas establish by the city council. Those top five categories remain: * Community Safety * Economic Development* * Infrastructure & Growth* * Quality of Live* * Responsible Government* Contained within those five priority areas the city council identified broad goals to help each department focus on the implementation strategies specific to each work group. Established in the first of the five priorities is Community Safety. Naturally, any focus on community safety will include law enforcement and the specific services they provide to the community. The broad goals established under Community Safety specific to the police department are: Goal #1 – Continued Focus on Combatting Criminal Gang Activity – Benton County voters approved a 3/10% public safety sales tax implemented on 1/1/2015. The City of Kennewick has outlined a program to combat gang activity, which supported our previous citizen budget survey results where the majority of respondents said they were willing to pay more to combat gang activity. The 2021/22 budget continues the implementation and focus by:  Recruit, hire, train and promote department personnel to the highest standards  Fully staff all six patrol shifts to further combat criminal gang and drug activity  Fully staff the police cadet program – hire, train and prepare future KPD police officers  Hire and maintain the appropriate civilian staff required to support police functions  Transition to Tyler Police Records Management System in 2021  Maintain and enhance all stakeholder relationships committed to public safety  Increase CAT’s proactive patrol time to impact street level criminal elements (gangs and drug dealers) responsible for decreasing community safety  Continue to identify/evaluate changes in criminal gang culture, adapting department and regional resources to combat violent crime Goal #2 – Enhance School Safety – The Kennewick School District (KSD) approached the City with a plan to add a school resource officer (SRO) in each of the five Kennewick middle schools. Working toward that goal KPD added two SRO’s in 2018 bringing the total SRO’s to five. Due to COVID and budget issues, this plan has been put on hold but remains a goal for both KSD and KPD to achieve. Both agree additional officers assigned in the middle schools will help to provide a safer environment for our youth to learn.  Continue to pursue a partnership with the Kennewick School District to assign an SRO to each middle and high school in the district will require:  Increase from five to eight total School Resource Officers, one for each remaining middle school without a permanent SRO.  The three SRO’s would be new officer positions, increasing KPD’s overall commissioned officer staffing if approved.  1.5 FTE’s paid by KSD, 1.5 FTE’s paid by the City to accomplish the necessary new SRO positions.  Two of the five have already been assigned at Park and Highland middle schools for the 2021-22 school year  Continue active participation in school preparedness drills to ensure open communication to promote school safety. Office of the Chief Division Professional Standards  Ensure all internal audits (quarterly and yearly) are completed for transparency and ongoing accreditation requirements.  Investigate all formal complaints to ensure transparency and accountability to our community.  Oversee entry level officer, lateral officer and cadet testing.  Hire at least eight officers in 2021/22 to achieve full officer staffing.  Hire two police cadets in 2021/22 to reach full cadet staffing.  Track compliments to accurately represent the positive actions the KPD contributes to our community.  WASPC reaccreditation in spring of 2022.  Ensure all audits, proofs and standard updates required by WASPC are complete.  Establish electronic proof files for 2022 WASPC Accreditation.  Department budget.  Work with staff to develop, manage and update the entire budgeting process throughout the biennium.  Provide accurate and timely budget reports to staff supporting ongoing operations.  Complete routine checkups with Finance to ensure best use of community resources. ---PAGE BREAK---  Background Investigations  Complete background investigations accurately and timely.  Maintain highest standards of employee recruitment, hiring, promotion and retention. Technology– Operational Enhancements  Spidrtech Communications Software Platform.  Work with vendor, city and SECOMM to go live by March 2021.  Lexipol Department Policy.  Work with Lexipol and city staff to develop and deploy a complete update to the department policy manual.  Smartforce – Updated platform available in 2021.  Work with vendor to facilitate major site update in 2021. Fleet  Work with purchasing and vendors to configure, order and up-fit four police and four police interceptors Animal Control Authority  Continue as city liaison to the Tri-Cities Animal Control Authority.  Responsibilities include communication, budget development and contractor oversight. Kennewick Police Department Foundation  Foster mutually beneficial relationships with the Kennewick Police Foundation and others committed to similar endeavors.  Research, communicate and facilitate opportunities for the KPF to create impactful opportunities for the Kennewick Police Department to support our community. Training  Coordinate five (10 total) department in-service training days.  Meet the annual mandate 24 hours of training for each commissioned officer.  Host regional training to benefit the Kennewick Police Department and local partners.  Actively lead department training Cadre to provide the best training opportunities while constantly adapting to the ongoing challenges facing law enforcement.  Coordinate the Police Training Officer (PTO) program including ongoing program development related to the training of all new officers.  Department Liaison to the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission.  Facilitate department Quartermaster responsibilities. Special Services Division Special Services Division  Facilitate and coordinate all levels of security for special events in the City of Kennewick.  Establish effective ongoing communications with our citizens through media outlets.  Engage our community to tell our story through social media.  Establish and maintain a safe environment for our students so learning can take place.  Maintain departmental records and evidence to the highest standards. Records / Evidence  Continue to maintain the highest level of standards for police reporting.  Provide a high level of support for our officers and the courts with civil and criminal proceedings.  Oversee forfeiture hearings for all seized property.  Perform internal audits related to protection orders, CPL licenses and firearm purchases.  Maintain the highest standards for all property and evidence that is placed into the department’s custody. School Resource  Provide a safe environment for all students throughout the Kennewick School District.  Facilitate education programs to enhance student safety.  Provide student safety during all special events.  Engage with our students to open the lines of effective comminutions.  Be a positive role model for our students. Crime Prevention / Community Relations  Facilitate ongoing community education programs with a focus on citizen safety.  Effectively communicate with citizens, keeping them informed about crime in our community.  Provide resources to community members to reduce criminal activity.  Work with local businesses to reduce criminal activity and enhance employee safety.  Coordinate Citizens Helping in Police Services (CHIPS) program.  Track and apprehend sex offenders living in our community who commit crimes.  Facilitate Crime Resistant Community Living program at a regional level. ---PAGE BREAK--- Patrol Division  Recognize and facilitate opportunities to foster mutually beneficial relationships with local Law Enforcement and the community. Aim to improve our ability to communicate, investigate and otherwise hold criminals accountable for illegal behavior.  All patrol officers have received Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training – every patrol officer earn the 40 hour CIT certification.  Participate in special events, economic development and community outreach opportunities.  Replace our vacant K9 position.  Continue to explore opportunities for our Mental Health Professional partnership with Lourdes Health.  Empower officers to utilize opportunities to combat homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health situations.  Revisit patrol staffing models yearly to ensure best delivery of police services.  Pursue health and resiliency opportunities for entire staff. Traffic  Identify through statistical analysis high collision intersections and traffic safety issues and respond accordingly to reduce collisions in Kennewick.  Provide an in house basic collision investigation class (24 hour) once a year.  Ensure all patrol officers are current with Standardized Field Sobriety Test training.  Promote Traffic Safety in School Zones.  Send all motor officers to NAMOA annually. Criminal Street Gangs  Continue with the Shift Gang Officer Program.  Seek quality gang related training for patrol officers.  Monitor high gang crime areas and respond accordingly using directed patrols to suppress criminal gang activity.  Communicate criminal gang intelligence received at the patrol level to all stakeholders. Strategic use of Technology  Identify and employ new/improved systems and/or technology to increase efficiency within the Patrol Division.  Develop and implement a UAS program for increased community safety.  Use Sector for statistical analysis to identify trends requiring adaptation to police services.  Test and review the Pursuit work flow through SmartForce to replace hard copy documentation.  Test the Response to Resistance Smartforce work flow application as a replacement for hard copy use of force reporting.  Utilize and train on the Crash Data Retrieval tool and software.  Train and implement usage with the new Tyler RMS and Mobile Client. Criminal Investigations Division  Maintain criminal investigation case clearance rates above the national average  Clear 50% of cases assigned to investigations within 60 days of assignment.  Monitor Electronic Forensics caseload and equipment needs to ensure we have a high functioning electronic forensic program along with ensuring proper planning for future investigations.  Continue to utilize the Special Investigator to work on cold case investigations.  Maximize potential use of NIBIN through partnership with ATF for development of investigative leads related to criminal activity committed with firearms.  Proactively assure the mental health and well-being of those in Criminal Investigations Division (CID) exposed daily to trauma.  Continue to maintain training and equipment to current modern day standards for detectives assigned to CID Enforce the proposed training standards KPD has identified as “Core Training”.  Strategically foster interest in patrol to pursue investigations so that a professional level of competence within the CID can be achieved, and/or maintained.  Expand the Criminal Apprehension Team’s collaboration with Metro, FBI, and DEA to take coordinated investigatory steps at combating narcotic trafficking organizations.  Develop and maintain relationships with community members, confidential informants, and regional law enforcement partners to increase our effectiveness at investigating criminal activity in our community.  Identify and consistently mine intelligence resources to increase our knowledge of criminal gang and narcotic activities in our community.  Actively share intelligence with our regional partners to most effectively investigate crimes and hold criminals accountable throughout our region.  Administer on-going KPD grants and use available resources to identify and apply for valuable grant opportunities aimed at improving community safety.