Title
Authorization to Convert Temporary Full-Time Positions to Regular Full-Time Positions to Support the Police Department Centralized Booking Detail (Ordinance S-48248)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to convert 22 temporary full-time positions to regular full-time positions in the Police Department. No General Fund dollars are requested because funding is already available in the Police Department’s budget.
Report
Summary
As part of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Annual Budget Process, the Police Department Centralized Booking Detail received 22 temporary full-time positions: four Detention Supervisors and 18 Detention Officer positions. The positions were added as part of the continued civilianization efforts of the department, to provide operational efficiencies and allow sworn officers to be redeployed to higher priorities of the Department.
The Centralized Booking Detail has struggled to hire temporary Detention Supervisors and Detention Officers since July 1, 2021. Multiple jurisdictions are competing for the same qualified candidates and are offering permanent employment compared to the City of Phoenix offering temporary full-time employment.
Converting the 22 temporary full-time positions to regular full-time positions is critical to the hiring success of the Police Department Centralized Booking Detail. Once the 22 positions are filled and trained, the sergeants and officers can be redeployed to higher priorities of the department. See Attachment A for the positions being requested to be converted.
Financial Impact
No financial impact. Funding is already available in the Police Department’s budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Police Department.