ORANGE, COUNTY OF - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT- JAG - 2015

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Attachment A 2015 -DJ -BX -0226 City: Garden Grave The City of Garden Grove proposes to use the 2015 Justice Assistance Grant Program funding as follows: PURPOSE AREAS: JAG funds may be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, strategic planning, research and evaluation (including forensics), data collection, training, personnel, equipment, forensic laboratories, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems that will improve or enhance such areas as: Law enforcement programs. PROJECT NARRATIVE The Police Department will use 2015 JAG funds to pay a portion of its jail services contract. The first contract was put into place in 2000, and has saved the Department tens of thousands of man- hours. What was previously at least a two -hour process for the arresting officer now takes only 15 minutes, allowing the officer to return to patrolling the streets. The jail services contract is an indispensable component of Department operations and is key to maximizing officer's time spent out in the community. PROJECT GOALS The Department's goal for utilizing a jail services contract is to create operational efficiencies and increase time patrol officer's time spent "on the streets." The time saved is equal to the productive hours of more than six patrol officers, and this time can be used to augment patrol operations. PROJECT STRATEGIES Contracting out jail services allows the Police Departanent to concentrate much more of its efforts on community safety rather than expending energy and resources on jail operations. Prior to the contract, officers would spend approximately two hours processing and transporting an arrestee. If the arrestee required medical clearance, that process could be extended by several hours. Noisy, sworn police officers complete preliminary paperwork on the arrestee and return to their field duties in as little as 15 minutes while the jailers complete the fingerprinting, photographing, transporting, etc. procedures. This increases the officer's availability to handle additional calls for services. In 2014, the jailers processed 5,619 arrestees, saving sworn officers approximately 11 238 hours that would have been spent processing arrestees. PROJECT IDENTIFIERS Community Policing; Detention (Non - residential). The Garden Grove Police Department implemented the Community Policing philosophy many years ago. Contracting out staffing of the detention facility facilitates that philosophy, by enabling patrol officers to return to their beat areas more quickly. BUDGET DETAIL AND NARRATIVE Page 10 of 22