10-Year Vision: 2.4 police officers per thousand residents to improve service and timely response, with a growing prevention role. Increase in judicial support will be required, because of the increase in enforcement.

Fiscal Year 2008 Goals – Progress through March 2008:

Increase force by 40 police officers. A total of 69 officers have graduated this fiscal year. Vacant positions at the start of the year were filled first, then recruits filled Financial Sustainability Plan positions. An additional 43 officers are anticipated to graduate in June. Add 14 support staff. 13 of the 14 positions have been filled, including an aircraft mechanic, a community services officer, two crime scene specialists, and a crime analyst. A police records supervisor and two records specialists were hired for the Records Section. Additional support staff were hired for the Office of Professional Standards, the Special Investigations Division, and the Evidence Section. The remaining position to be filled is a systems analyst for the Management Information Division.