Agenda Date: July 21, 2015
Subject:
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Resolution approving a Police Recruit Training Agreement with the City of Lakewood to use the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Police Department’s Combined Regional Academy for recruit police officer training.
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Presented By: |
Doug Stephens, Chief of Police |
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support an intergovernmental agreement allowing the Littleton Police Department (LPD) to continue utilizing the Combined Regional Academy for recruit police officer training?
BACKGROUND:
The LPD traditionally hired Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified candidates to fill police officer vacancies. The recruits were certified, having previously completed a POST approved academy prior to their employment with the city. In 2010, the LPD identified the need to broaden the pool of candidates applying for police officer vacancies. The LPD sponsors recruit police officers to a POST certified academy and places them in the field training program after they complete the academy. The LPD has sponsored police officer recruits at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Police Department’s Combined Regional Academy since 2010 with great success.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The LPD has evaluated the staff, curriculum, and processes utilized by the Combined Regional Academy. Staff believes it provides thorough, high- quality training to recruit police officers for a reasonable fee. The LPD would like to continue utilizing this program.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Police Department’s Combined Regional Academy provides 840 hours of training for a fee of $5,000 per recruit. The hours of training and the cost per recruit provide the city both short and long-term savings. The Combined Regional Academy’s initial fee saves the LPD an average of $1,850 per recruit when compared to other local police academies. Additionally, the number of training hours provided by the Combined Regional Academy is exceptionally higher (more than 100) than other similar academies. Finally, it provides several certifications such as: Standard Field Sobriety Testing, taser, firearms, driving, and arrest control, all of which are required of police officers. Since police recruits receive these required certifications while they attend the Combined Regional Academy, the LPD saves future costs for the initial certification/training process.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the resolution approving the intergovernmental agreement with the City of Lakewood on behalf of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Police Department’s Combined Regional Academy be approved.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move that the resolution approving the Police Recruit Training Agreement with the City of Lakewood to use the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Lakewood Police Department’s Combined Regional Academy for recruit police officer training be approved.