Snohomish County Sheriff's Department [Powerpoint**] Presentation & MP3 AUDIO:
Contracting Basics
An overview for the Sultan City Council [re contract to replace current Sultan Police Dept. with County Sheriffs)
March 8, 2007

**We could not obtain the Sheriff's Dept.'s "official" electronic PPT file, so we have reconstructed it below, based on the hard-copy meetings distributed at the meeting.

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SLIDE 1: Present Tonight (Audio File C-1, 327 kb 1:51 min.)

• Bureau Chief David Bales
  • Operations Bureau Chief
  • Served as Stanwood Police Chief 1997-2001
• Bureau Chief Tom Greene
  • Administrative Services Bureau Chief
  • Contracts Administrator 1994-present
• Lieutenant Jeff Brand
  • Human Resources Commander
  • Served as Gold Bar Police Chief 1998-2001
• Sergeant Bill Bachand
  • Stanwood Police Sergeant
  • Came over from Stanwood with contract in 1999
• MPD Tim Freil
  • Served in the Gold Bar regional contract
  • Came over from Darrington with contract in 1999

SLIDE 2: Current Sheriff's Office Contract Partnerships (Audio File C-2, 154 kb, 52 seconds)

• Services to Incorporated Municipalities
  • Stanwood Police Department (1999)
  • Darrington Police Department (1999)
  • Gold Bar Police Department ((1994)
  • Town of Index
• Other General Law Enforcement Contracts
  • Community Transit
  • Paine Field Airport
  • U. S. Forest Service
  • Marysville, Stanwood, Lakewood School District

SLIDE 3: Typical Contracting Models (Audio File C-3, 143 kb, 48 seconds)

• Dedicated Resources (Full or partial coverage)
• Regional Contract
• Calls for Service
• Mixed Models

SLIDE 4: Dedicated Resources/Full Coverage (Stanwood) (Audio File C-4, 340 kb, 1:55 min.)

• Emulates current service model
• Guaranteed staffing in the city limits 24/7
• Specific staffing level is set by the city according to priorities and available resources (budget)
• Uniforms, vehicles, etc., can be customized to fit City's needs/desires (Sgt. Bachand)
• Pre-existing agency identity retained with the state/federal government

SLIDE 5: Regional Contract (Audio File C-5, 113 kb, 38 sec.)

• Similar to current contracts in Gold Bar and Darrington
• City and county pool resources to provide services to the city and a designated surrounding unincorporated area
• Staff are still contractually dedicated to the region
• Less expensive than dedicated resources model

SLIDE 6: Call for Service Model (Audio File C-6 - includes Slides #6 and #7, below; 275 kb, 1:30 min.)

• Least expensive option
• City pays for each "call" made to 911.
• No guaranteed preventive patrol
• No staff exclusively dedicated to city

SLIDE 7: Mixed Models (For Audio, See Slide 6, above)

• Calls for service plus patrol time (Index)
• Dedicated resources/partial coverage (Gold Bar's original plan)
• Police chief only (Stanwood's original plan)
• Any mixture of the preceding that best meets the city's needs

SLIDE 8: Benefits of Contracting (Audio File C-7, 1.3 mb, 7:06 min.)

• More stability in police budget
• More stability in staffing levels
• Enhanced training
• Accreditation
• Timely replacement/upgrades of vehicles, equipment and technology
• Enhanced access to additional or specialized Sheriff's office resources
• More opportunities for your current officers

SLIDE 9: What does the City "Lose" when they contract? (Audio File C-8, 441 kb, 2:30 min.)

• Liability
• The need to maintain a Civil Service Commission
• Labor negotiations
• Recruiting, hiring, training
• Discipline
• Unanticipated overtime spikes
• Unanticipated equipment repair costs.

SLIDE 10: Common questions/concerns (Audio in four files)

• What about local control? (Audio File C-9, 658 kb, 3:44 min.)
• What level of service can we expect? (Audio File C-10, 843 kb, 4:47 min.)
• What happens to our current officers? (Audio File C-11, 854 kb, 4:51 min.; includes this bullet point, and next three shown below)
• What happens to our current non-commissioned staff?
• What about staff turnover?
• What if we get someone who "just doesn't fit in"?
• What happens if we decide we want to cancel the contract and form our own police department again? (Audio File C-12, 432 kb, 2:26 min.)