07 Budget Flashcards

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Budget Opening

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  • Our Department has an operating budget of almost 3 billion dollars.
  • A significant amount of our budget is devoted to
    employees’ salaries.
  • The remaining amount is discretionary and is
  • devoted to operations like: Traffic Management,
    Commercial Program and Vehicle Theft.
  • As a Lieutenant, I know I must exercise fiscal
    responsibility to make sure we have the funds for
    personnel salaries, equipment, and training (PET).
  • These are public funds and we need to be
    responsible with taxpayer’s monies.
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Response S  (S.C.O.P.E.F.F.F.)
Salaries and OT
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  • I will concentrate my efforts in several areas: (SCOPEFFF)
  • Salaries/ Overtime:
    • I will make sure we are scheduling our
      personnel to avoid overtime, including FSLA
      overages and other shift related expenses.
    • Make sure we are quickly replacing Officers on
      shift overtime with personnel on regular time
    • CHP 415s are thoroughly reviewed
    • Coordinate with courts to consolidate court
      appearances.
    • Monitor leave banks, including CTO and vacation
      time to avoid overages
    • Utilize the services of our Senior Volunteer and
      Explorer staff for services/duties allowed by policy
      and law.
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Response Civi Liability

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  • Reduce CIVIL LIABILITY by:
  • Make sure our work environment is free of EEO violations.
  • I will make sure our employees are receiving required on-going training, reviewing policies, and receiving thorough supervisory oversight of all aspects of our Department. This is especially true
    in those areas where a heavy
    potential for liability exists, such as:
    (PD-SUL)
    • Pursuits,
    • Driving and vehicle operations
    • Special Relationships
    • Use-of-force incidents
    • Large scale incidents (OIS, MIRP, HAZ MAT)
  • Accurately and thoroughly documenting/reviewing
    arrests, use of force incidents, and traffic collisions.
  • This includes the appropriate liability documents if
    needed. (268, 275, board of control claims)
  • Vehicle storages are being done correctly, including the legal grounds and we are accurately
    document property and damage on the CHP 180.
  • Timely/Proper notifications to risk management when appropriate, including completing CHP 268s, CHP 275, and CHP 287
  • Timely and accurate responses to the public regarding PRA’s and other requests.
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Response Occupational Injuries

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Reduce OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES by:
- Ensure we are wearing and using our PPE gear
- Employees understand our wellness program and-
encourage the use of it.
- Embracing all 5 tenants of the below 100 campaign.
- Making sure we have an ACTIVE occupational Safety Program:
- Conduct Quarterly Occupational Safety meetings
and disseminating the information from meetings
personally and by posting on the occupational safety board.
- Maintain an updated and informative occupational
safety board
• Post Occupational Safety Goals
• Post Occupational Safety Posters
- Be actively involved in Workers Comp and injury
Claims; working with SCIF, and getting off-duty
employees to limited duty or back to work.
- Encourage/support active lifestyle and my
participation in Wellness Program and Annual Fitness
Challenge.

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Continue Professionalism

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Make sure employees are exhibiting PROFESSIONALISM:
- Ensure our employees are not engaged in
misconduct and investigate when this occurs.
- Adherar to our professional and organizational values,
oath of ethics, oath of allegiance and
code of honor. and conduct required policy review.
- Monitor the Blue Team Early Intervention System and
use preventative actions to head off bigger issues.
- Make referrals to EAP, PEER SUPPORT, and
EMPLOYEE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM when
appropriate
- Thoroughly investigate or inquire on all complaints
with timely notifications per policy to the complainant.
- Transparency with all of our actions and requests for
information and public relations.

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Take Care of Equipment

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Take care of our EQUIPMENT:
- Stress importance of maintaining our equipment and
prolonging its life.
- Making sure our uninformed employees know how
to care for and use the equipment issued to them.
- Not losing equipment, keeping accurate inventory
and investigating when items go missing.
- Monitor office and equipment supply purchases and
supply purchases within my control
- When required, Documenting and investigating lost
or stolen equipment and hold employees accountable
for this.
- Understand purchasing guidelines for specialized
equipment.

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Fleet Management

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o FLEET MANAGEMENT:
- Make sure ASM is completing routine vehicle
maintenance and making sure vehicle is safe to
operate.
- Placing vehicles out of service when appropriate and
repair them in a timely manner.
- Getting vehicles surveyed out and replaced when
required by policy.
- Emphasize safe driving with our employees to prevent collisions: this includes
• Pre-patrol inspections
• Make sure flares are capped
• Exercise care when using push bumpers
• Required Drivers training courses *(uniformed/non
uniformed)
• Annual Sergeant Ride-alongs
- Reminders in Briefings,Daily Discussions and SROVT’s.

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Facility/Materials Management

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FACILITY/Materials MANAGEMENT:
- Conduct required facility inspections for hazards
- Ensure repairs are made quickly
- Conserve energy:
- Unused lighting and equipment is turned off
- AC and Heater and water heater are set at the
required temperatures.
- Completing Required Audits/inspections and
inventories and addressing issues.
- addressing occupational safety dangers in a
timely/expeditious manner.

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Response Manage Funds

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  • FUNDS:
    • Adhere to our area’s annual projected budget
    • CHP 735, DUI Cost recoveries are being completed
      accurately and appropriately.
    • Asset forfeiture seizures are being completed in a
      timely and appropriate manner
    • Seek grant monies to assist with enforcement and
      education responsibilities and make sure we’re
      noting the appropriate special code on 415s and
      215’s including court apperances for these.
    • Ensure 415’s are properly coded and detailed for
      reimbursable details
    • Complete CHP 415C’s when appropriate
    • Monitor Travel and Per Diem expenditures
      to Ensure were following policy and MOU
    • Monitor/audit/inspect: P-Cards, Voyagers Card , Reds,
      X-Numbers purchases, Contracts, and revolving petty
      cash fund.
    • Appropriately utilizing the Fi$Cal, the statewide
      financial management system
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Budget Closing

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As a Lieutenant, I know failure to exercise fiscal responsibilities of public funds can harm the image of the Highway Patrol and can also cause a loss of trust within our communities. As such, I’ll make sure to exercise fiscal responsibility to execute this Department’s mission.

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