ORANGE, COUNTY OF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - 2009

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Goal: 1. Part -Time Animal Control Officer: To increase the number of licensed and vaccinated animals in the City of Westminster, thereby increasing citizen and officer safety, as well as increasing revenues to the police department for the animal control program. 2. Part -Time Contractual Forensic Services Technician: To increase the number of crime evidence related fingerprints processed, criminals identified, fingerprint matches made, and solve cases through fingerprint analysis. 3. Technology Funding To centralize access to department files and crimes and make these data generally accessible both at workstation, on the internet, and to our mobile workforce. Activities: (which can be started and completed expeditiously, and in a manner that maximizes job creation and economic benefits) 1. Part -Time Animal Control Officer. La -Will be hired within a month of the grant monies being available. (b) Will begin by canvassing neighborhoods throughout Westminster to encourage and track licensing, vaccinating, and neutering their pets. (c) Will register new pet owners into the Animal Control pet licensing system. 2. Part -Time Contractual Forensic Services Technician: (a) contractual employee hired within first month ofgrant funding. (b) will begin processing fingerprints for cases and comparisons, as the person to be hired is a retired expert in fingerprint analysis and comparisons. 3. Technology Funding (a) maintain current Intranet and mobile GIS solutions. (b) seek to increase connectivity between crime databases, the Intranet, and the mobile patrol GIS system using hardware and /or software solutions. Quantifiable Performance Measures (Established by the agency to assess whether grant objectives are being met) 1. Part -Time Animal Control Officer: (a) increase pet licenses throughout the City of Westminster by 5% for each year of funding. (b) increase funds taken in by the police department's pet licensing program by 5% each year. 2. Part -Time Contractual Forensic Services Technician: (a) will process at least 50% as many latent prints as full -time equivalent personnel. (b) will compare and submit to AFIS at least 50% as many latent fingerprints as full time equivalent personnel. (c) will testify in court as an expert witness for the police department at least 50% as much as full time equivalent personnel. 3. Technology Funding for Intranet and GIS., (a) WPD will have a functional Intranet accessible to internal and external stakeholders. (b) WPD will have a functional GIS accessible to internal and external stakeholders, including historical maps of city streets. (c) train 20% of personnel to use both systems. (d) monitor access to Intranet and GIS to measure use of the systems. Timeline or roiect plan: (Identifying when the goals and objectives will be completed) 1. Part -Time Animal Control Officer: This part -time Animal Control Officer will be employed for two years under this grant funding. 2009- F1801 -CA -SB Page 59 of 61