Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff David O. Livingston Sheriff - Coroner May 27, 2020 VIA Email and U.s. Mail*

R3

The Sheriff, and the City/Town Councils of Antioch, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Letter to Anne N. Granlund, Foreperson, 2019-2020 Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury May 27, 2020 Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek should consider directing their police departments to apply annually, or when offered in 2021, to the Department of Justice COPS Hiring Program, which provides funding for hiring additional officers, by June 30, 2021. The Office of the Sheriff has applied for COPS funding multiple times and has not received funding. The following are the dates of application: March 9, 2020 June 21, 2017 June 22, 2016 May 28, 2015 June 23, 2014 Note that COPS funds $125,000 per officer position (which is only half of a Deputy Sheriff's total compensated salary of approximately $250,000 per year). The position must be filled for a period of no less than 48 months, which means the County would be required to match a remaining $875,000 per position over the course of the four-year requirement. The City/Town Councils of Antioch, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito,

R4

Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek should consider identifying funds to increase the number of authorized sworn officers to fill understaffed units, such as traffic patrol and school resource officers, by June 30, 2021. The municipalities of Danville, Lafayette, and Orinda contract with the Office of the Sheriff for policing services. Specialized units such as traffic enforcement and school resource officer positions are generally staffed as necessitated by the needs of the city. Should a city identify relative funding sources and desire to increase positions, this ultimately would be a negotiated part of amending the contract between the respective city and the Office of the Sheriff.

R5

The City/Town Councils of Antioch, Brentwood, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek should consider identifying funds that would permit their police departments to over-hire officer positions as a strategy for keeping departments fully staffed, by June 30, 2021. The municipalities of Danville, Lafayette, and Orinda contract with the Office of the Sheriff for policing services. As mentioned in "R4," staffing is necessitated by the Letter to Anne N. Granlund, Foreperson, 2019-2020 Contra Costa County Civil Grand Jury May 27, 2020 needs of the city. Should a city identify and acquire relative funding sources and desire to increase positions, this ultimately would be a negotiated part of amending the contract between the respective city and the Office of the Sheriff. Under current county regulations, the Office of the Sheriff is only permitted to staff actual budgeted position vacancies and cannot "over-hire" outside of approved staffing levels. Sincerely, DAVLE O. LIVINGSTON Sheriff-Coroner DOL:sl Mr. David Twa, Contra Costa County Administrator cc: