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CITY OF RALEIGH
 NORTH CAROLINAINTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
To:
J. Russell Allen, City Manager
 From:
Harry Dolan, Chief of Police
Date:
10-30-09
Subject:
RPD 2010 Organizational Chart Revisions
 
Throughout the past two years, the Raleigh Police Department has been working directly with thecommunity to identify neighborhood policing priorities in order to develop and implement proactivestrategies to sustain, and where needed, improve the quality of life in Raleigh. Based in part on whatwe heard from the community, we established a Community Policing Team and Community OrientedGovernment philosophy within the Southeast Police District, placing considerable focus on reducingviolent crime and criminal gang activity. Earlier this month, the RPD published a comprehensive2009-2014 Strategic Plan which will guide the department as we meet the challenges associated withproviding community-oriented service in this growing metropolitan area. Further, our recentlylaunched Neighborhood Beat Expansion and District Realignment Plan represents a total two-yearincrease of 13 beats, strategically positioned to strengthen field service.We are presently implementing a wide range of program improvements that will serve to improve thequality of life in our city and expand our capability to confront violent criminal activity directlyattributed to drugs, gangs and guns. To continue our progress we must now revise our currentorganization to incorporate our most recent changes and support new strategic plan initiatives.Per your directive, we have developed a plan to revise our organizational chart that does not increaseour authorized strength or add to our total FY10 budgetary allocation. In addition, we believe that theplan positively responds to the three challenges you requested we consider:
developing a revised organizational chart which supports the RPD’s new strategic plan in view of the City’s Master Planand overall growth need; enhancing police service, particularly where expanded services arewarranted; and developing an organizational structure that will provide members of the RPD withopportunities for professional and personnel growth.
 
I am proud to report that due to extraordinary teamwork and focused attention toward neighborhoodservice, our proposal effectively meets the unique budgetary and operational challenges presented tous.The summary below highlights the more significant program changes that result in the need toreclassify some existing positions. Most of our structural changes have been accomplished by movingexisting positions within and/or between divisions without necessitating reclassifications. (Please referto
 Attachment A: RPD 2010 Organizational Chart 
for a complete listing of all RPD sworn and civilianposition assignments proposed to be effective January 2010).
Creation of a Youth and Family Services Section
Submitted by Major Rick Grayson, RPD Detective Division Commander
Among the top community directed priorities conveyed by citizens in several communitieswere an expansion of youth activities, an improvement of services provided to families, andprioritized gang prevention initiatives geared toward preventing young people from joininggangs. The RPD is concerned with all aspects of life that affect youth, their families and thecommunity, and it is dedicated to a collaborative approach to analyzing existing needs anddeveloping programs and relationships to serve those needs. As such, the departmentrecognizes the need for a Youth and Family Services Section.Policing our communities requires more than just arrests and prosecutions. Successfullybuilding safe communities requires an understanding of the root causes of crime and theimplementation of strategies to address those underlying factors. A significant percentage of the criminal activity in Raleigh is committed by juveniles, and we will focus attention both onaggressively confronting criminal activity and on providing young citizens with mentoringprograms supporting life skills training. In addition, we will work to provide parents withgreater support as they work to change negative behavior patterns of young offenders.A Juvenile Unit is needed to recognize particular patterns or habitual delinquents and to reactwith effective intervention. Juvenile detectives in the unit, through training and experience,will have the technical expertise to deal most effectively with youthful offenders and will beinstrumental in providing at-risk juveniles (and their families) with alternatives to becominginvolved in the juvenile justice or criminal justice systems. In addition, juvenile detectives willcollaborate with existing Family Violence Intervention Unit personnel, school resourceofficers, gang suppression officers, D.A.R.E. officers, youth service officers and the YouthMentorship Program to protect and assist our youth, in partnership with families, schools,social service agencies, and the courts.
 
Drugs and Vice Unit Expansion
Late last year and early this year, citizens from several communities in Southeast Raleigh joined with representatives from the RPD to develop collaborative strategies to addressneighborhood public safety and quality-of-life concerns. The communities top priorities wereidentified as a result of these neighborhood brain-storming sessions. Among them were steps tosignificantly increase enforcement activities concerning prostitution, drug law violations, gangactivity and rooming house problems.Drugs and vice enforcement supervisors, with support from the Special Operations Division,began to direct specific units to focus on anti-prostitution and street drug interdictionoperations. To date this year, 173 drug dealers, many of whom are validated gang members,have been arrested in the buy-bust operations; and prostitution projects have resulted in 118arrests. Violent crime in these communities has dropped significantly as a result of theseenforcement efforts. Notably, 90 percent of buy-bust defendants are receiving active time withan average prison sentence of 12.8 months.To sustain recent progress over the long term, the RPD needs to expand our prostitution anddrug enforcement efforts by forming a third team of drugs and vice detectives. This additionwill strongly signal that the City is emphatically bolstering drug and prostitution enforcementto maintain safe and healthy environments through community involvement and problemsolving.
Intel/Fusion Center
As part of the RPD’s continuing effort to enhance both neighborhood safety and policeresponse, an Intel/Fusion Center will be established. The center will provide commanders,supervisors, detectives and officers with valuable public safety information and the public withan additional way to communicate with police. It will house existing departmental intelligenceand analytical resources, crime specific analysts, intelligence analysts, the CrimeStopperscoordinator, the Threat Assessment Unit, the Technical Assistance Response Unit, and theGang Intelligence Unit.By centralizing those units and personnel, the center will improve the department’s ability toquickly gather, analyze and disseminate information to those who most need to receive it. Byallowing the RPD to better manage the collection, retrieval and archiving of information andintelligence, it will permit the department to more quickly identify and respond to crime trendsand patterns. An enhanced information flow stemming from the center during criticalinvestigations will be especially beneficial to all involved.In short, the Intel/Fusion Center will provide an effective and efficient mechanism to exchangeinformation and intelligence, maximize resources, streamline operations, and improve theability to fight crime and terrorism.
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