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• <br />Sheriff— Existing COPSFAST Positions <br />Request: q Convert three existing permanent full time Deputy Sheriff I positions to full <br />County funding. For the past three years, the COPSFAST grant has funded 75 percent of the <br />cost of these positions and the County has funded 25 percent of the cost. <br />Purpose: To continue the community policing and patrol program at its present level. <br />Job Functions: <br />❑ Provide policing and patrol in high drug traffic areas, including use of K -9 enforcement. <br />❑ Provide law enforcement coverage for after hours school events in the Orange County <br />School system. <br />❑ Act as liaison between the Sheriff s Department and community groups throughout the <br />County. <br />Reason for Request: <br />A stipulation of the COPSFAST grant is that the County must assume full funding of the <br />positions after the three -year grant expires. <br />Outcomes: (for the three positions) <br />With continuation of the COPSFAST positions, the Sheriffs Department will be able to <br />maintain the outcomes listed below: <br />Outcome <br />Workload <br />Misdemeanor and Felony Drug Arrests <br />152 per year <br />Traffic Charges <br />172 per year <br />Alcohol Charges <br />20 per year <br />Community Meetings <br />50 per year <br />K -9 Assisted Calls Answered <br />278 per year <br />Fiscal Impact: (for the three positions) <br />Additional Position <br />Cost (Salary/Benefits) <br />Offsetting <br />Revenue/Budget <br />Total Net Additional <br />99 -00 County Cost <br />$78,956 <br />$0 <br />$78,956 <br />The additional position cost shown above is the new cost to Orange County as a result of the <br />• grant ending for these three positions <br />Relation to Board Goal(s): <br />Not related to a specific Board goal. <br />I:\peg99\report\shercops.doc <br />April 20, 1999 <br />45 <br />