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CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
FY 15-16
OPERATING AND CIP
Police Special Operations [010-3245]
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
The Special Operations Division is led by the Special Operations Captain. The division is guided by the department’s
Public Safety Strategic Plan. The Plan outlines 4 outcomes: Reduce Incidents of Crime, Increase Trust and Confidence
in Police Department, Increase Feelings of Safety and Increase Proficiency of Staff. The Special Operations Division is
responsible for coordinating major investigations and special enforcement activities. The Division provides police ser-
vices to the City’s schools and coordinates internal investigations.
There are six detectives, a school resource officer and one part-time graffiti civilian assigned to this Division who per-
form varied tasks that include investigation of: person crimes, property crimes, domestic violence, narcotics and
gangs, special event coordination, media information, task force assignments, graffiti removal and school resource
officer services.
The Special Operations Division provides a School Resource Officer dedicated to the Morgan Hill Unified School Dis-
trict (District). The officer is assigned to the two public high schools: Sobrato and Live Oak. The officer works on
school campus directly with students and faculty to prevent or intervene in on-campus incidents. The District contrib-
utes $90,000 annually toward this officer’s total compensation.
In FY14-15, the Police Department added a new Administrative Sergeant position mid-year that reports to the Special
Operations Captain. The Administrative Sergeant started the new assignment in January 2015. This position is respon-
sible for the Department’s training program, officer scheduling and the Volunteers in Policing (VIP) program, Internal
Affairs and special projects. This position aligns to the Department’s Strategic Plan to enhance trust and confidence in
the Police Department and the increase staff proficiency within the Department.
During FY14-15 ,the Department actively worked to increase its presence at the regional level through participation in
three multi-jurisdictional task forces:
1) A new 1FTE officer was hired to allow the Department to assign a Detective to the federal San Jose Drug Enforce-
ment Task Force (DEA);
2) An existing 1FTE officer was re-assigned from the United Narcotic Enforcement Team (UNET) to the Santa Clara
County Special Enforcement Team (SCCSET); and
3) A new 1FTE officer was assigned to the Regional Auto Theft Task Force (RATTF). Membership in these task forces
has already benefitted the Department by providing enhanced investigative and personnel resources in addition
to revenue to partially offset the cost of the three positions.
Due to the above listed re-assignments, we lost one part-time Street Crimes Detective to the SCCSET task force. As a
result, the department assigned a Corporal to serve in the function of a Property Crimes/Street Crimes Detective and
as a liaison with our hotels.