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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2238 |
| Miami Shores Village Police Car Purchasing Program |
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| Requester: |
Scott Davis |
Organization: |
Miami Shores Village |
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| Project Title: |
Miami Shores Village Police Car Purchasing Program |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 1:36:03 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Margolis |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Through this capital initiative, Miami Shores Village Police Department will be able to provide take home vehicles for officers and thus recruit and retain a better quality of sworn police officer and therefore have an impact on crime in South Florida. In the Metropolitan Miami-Dade County area police agencies work together to have the best possible outcome when solving crimes or removing criminals from the streets. Insuring that Miami Shores Village�s Police force is at full capacity with the best quality officers will positively affect the crime rate in South Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
Miami Shores Village |
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Contact: |
Scott Davis |
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10050 N.E. 2nd Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 795-2210 |
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Miami Shores 33138 |
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Contact email: |
daviss@miamishoresvillage.com |
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| Counties: |
Miami-Dade |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Miami Shores Village is currently experiencing a 6% manpower vacancy rate in the Police Department�s sworn force. We are having an extremely difficult time, or are unable to attract qualified individuals to send to the Police Academy. When we are able to hire new recruits, they get trained by our Department and then leave for other Departments where the officers have take home vehicles. We are anticipating the necessity of going to a take home car system in the coming year. We would require an additional 18 cars to accomplish this goal. Including lights, radios and equipment, each vehicle costs approximately $30,000 for a total of $540,000. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| We anticipate attracting qualified applicants to bring our Police Department up to full force, send them to the Police Academy, have them trained and keep them employed until they can become productive members of the force. We also anticipate that the establishment of a take home car system will allow us to retain current members of the force and keep them from going to other municipal police departments. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$540,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$540,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$270,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Letter from Police Chief Kevin Lystad |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Letter from police cheif lystad |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
