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Personnel & Finance Committee <br /> Minutes - 8/13/87 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Mr. Vance noted that the original proposal had been that <br /> eight (8) to nine (9) positions be filled by civilians and that, <br /> in light of Chief Hurley' s concerns , the number of civilian <br /> positions was reduced to six (6). <br /> Tom Gargis stated that he would prefer to see 234 sworn <br /> personnel . He noted that there are two (2) new shifts which <br /> began in October of 1986. These are basically two (2) overlap <br /> shifts, the first of which works from 10 :30 a.m. to 7 : 00 p.m. and <br /> require four (4) additional officers. The second shift works <br /> from 6 : 30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. and utilizes six (6) additional <br /> officers. The overlap shifts are to address the peak demand call <br /> period . <br /> Chief Hurley noted that the recall account has been very <br /> useful but, in some respects, it has been detrimental with regard <br /> to the police officers. Typically, there is a small percentage <br /> of the same officers who work the recall . The Chief further <br /> stated that it would be difficult to maintain the overlap shifts <br /> and that 234 sworn personnel were needed to address emergency <br /> situations . <br /> Ron Marciniak of the South Bend Police Department noted that <br /> there are currently 163 officers in the uniform division, 55 in <br /> the detective bureau, and 16 in the services division - for a <br /> total of 234 officers. The services division covers <br /> fingerprinting , lab work, etc. It was also noted that the <br /> civilian positions would be as follows: one (1) in printing; one <br /> (1) in film processing ; two (2) in communications; one (1) in <br /> physical management ; and one ( 1) in fingerprinting . <br /> Tom Gargis noted that when the sworn personnel consisted of <br /> 268 officers , there were also 25 cadets and 40-45 civilians. <br /> With the reduction of the force to 234 sworn officers , the City <br /> has continued to grow geographically and the demand on the force <br /> with response to calls from citizens has increased. <br /> Don Pinckert noted that there are currently 55 civilians in <br /> clerical and technical areas . <br /> Mr. Vance noted that approximately 16 positions have been <br /> turned over to civilians since the program started. The first <br /> began with the jail operation being turned over to the County . <br />