sunnyvale ca - info on training of PSOs

Project Description/Scope/Purpose: This project funds the recruitment,
selection and training 22 Public Safety Officers in Training (PSOIT,
new recruits) and/or Public Safety Officer I (PSOI, lateral recruits).
Project funds support all recruitment and selection costs (e.g. job
advertisements, job fair registrations, recruitment brochures, testing
materials, evaluation materials, backgrounds), all training costs
(e.g. academy tuitions and supplies, instructor costs, study
materials, department issued uniforms and equipment), and salaries of
PSOITs and PSOIs.

The training process requires the successful completion of all
components of Public Safety Officer II training. This includes: Police
Academy (28 weeks) (PSOIT only), Police Training Officer Program (20
weeks), Fire Academy (18 weeks), EMT Academy (8 weeks), and Advanced
Driver/Pump Operator training (2 weeks). The training schedule for a
new PSOIT/PSOI ranges from 12 months to 18 months from date of hire.

Fiscal Impact: This project is funded by the General Fund. DPS budgets
hiring and training of sworn officers in projects that are funded in
two-year allocations, in a series of recurring special projects rather
than in the operating budget. This approach allows expenditures to
fluctuate each year based on the number of recruitments. Additionally,
project appropriations do not lapse at the end of the fiscal year as
operational appropriations do. Since recruitment and training expenses
span up to 24 months or more, this allows the total recruitment class
to be completed without an additional action to appropriate funds.
Project funds are reviewed and updated annually, based on recruits
scheduled to complete training as offset by projected separations in
the coming fiscal year (retirements and separations due to injury,
failure of probation, resignation, and termination). The majority of
training costs, including uniforms and equipment, tuition and
certifications, is included in the project budget. Field training for
fire services is the exception, as this activity occurs when officers
reach the level of PSOII, during which time the officer is assigned to
a budgeted position. Project Type: Public Safety Year Identified: 2016
Est. Completion Year: 2021/22 Funding the recruitment, selection and
training of new Public Safety Officers through the projects budget
allows the cost of a recruitment class/cohort to be tracked separately
across fiscal years. Base recruitment costs are budgeted in the
operating budget. Funding for this project is based on a success rate
of 85%. Pro