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Page 3 September 6, 2016 SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Finally, the presentation is not correct when it comes to officers who have left the department for other agencies. The city manager claims that nine (9) have left and twenty-seven (27) officers have lateralled from other agencies into SAPD. The SAPOA tracks every employee in the bargaining unit because we are responsible for providing healthcare insurance for each member. Those members who leave the department physically come to the SAPOA office to finalize their insurance issues. We know that since 2013, eighteen (18) officers have left the police department. We have interviewed each of those officers. Sixteen (16) of them went to work for another law enforcement agency. Two (2) of them left law enforcement completely. Going back 30 years in SAPOA history, there has never been a time when this number of officers have left the department for other law enforcement positions. A year and a half ago you agreed to a salary study. You agreed that if warranted by the salary study you would meet and confer to consider a salary increase in addition to the 2.5% to be paid on July 1, 2016. While we can argue over charts and graphs all day and sometimes the numbers can be manipulated (see the staffing issue), in the end,the numbers are there in the Koff study. When it comes to salary Santa Ana police officers are not paid at the average of the comparison agencies. They are not paid just below the average of the comparison agencies. They are not paid just below the median of the comparison agencies. There aren't a few departments above us and a few below us, as the city manager suggests. On the list of 13 comparison departments, nine pay a higher salary for police officers than Santa Ana. On the list of 13 comparison departments, 11 pay a higher salary for police sergeants than Santa Ana (the city is now trying to include the July raise into the comparison). Every comparison is a picture at a fixed point in time. The fixed point in time that you agreed to study was that time prior to the July increase. We can point to increases that have occurred or will occur in the comparison agencies. Witness the Orange County Sheriff's Department agreement recently reached. We cannot play "move the goal line" now. We agreed to a study for the purpose of determining whether an increase"in excess of 2.5% effective July 1, 2016,"is warranted. The operative date is June 30, 2016.) The time and effort spent on preparation of the city manager's report and the time spent selling it to the public would be better spent developing a strategy to hire more officers. Perhaps higher pay would attract a better grade of applicant. The Santa Ana Police officers Association is prepared to meet and confer regarding a salary increase in excess of 2.5% effective July 1, 2016, as required by the MOU. We are again asking you to meet your contractual obligation and give your representatives authority to enter into meaningful negotiations. Respectfully, 6114/ ' eL———--— GERRY SERRANO PRESIDENT SANTA ANA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GS/rr SAPOASantaAnaCityCou ncil-CityMana gerRebutta(Letter