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Shared Services

Shared Services. Perspectives from a Practitioner. Advantages of Scale. Minimize Redundancy Optimize Supervisory Ratios Maximize Utilization of Major Capital Goods Optimize Resource Scheduling Promote Specialization of Labor Promote Standardization/Interchangeability.

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Shared Services

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  1. Shared Services Perspectives from a Practitioner

  2. Advantages of Scale • Minimize Redundancy • Optimize Supervisory Ratios • Maximize Utilization of Major Capital Goods • Optimize Resource Scheduling • Promote Specialization of Labor • Promote Standardization/Interchangeability

  3. Disadvantages of Scale • Bureaucracy • Depersonalization • Homogenation of Service Levels • Culture Clashes

  4. Consolidation vs. Sharing Consolidation Shared Services Changeable Continued Sense of Place Multiple Pricing Models Complicates Decisions Retention of Political Structure • Permanent • Loss of Identity • Inflexible Pricing Structure • Simplifies Decisions • Loss of Political Control

  5. The Pricing Problem • Distribution of Demand Differs From Distribution of Value (e.g. North Plainfield: 7.4% of Police; 3% of Value) • Savings Not Distributed Fairly If Assessments Used For Cost Allocation • Baseline Method Okay Initially, Difficult To Adjust In Future Years • Budget Approvals Complex

  6. Case Study Somerset Police Services

  7. Somerset County Data • Population: 320,000 • Land Area: 305 Square Miles • Density: 1050 per Sq. Mile (NJ Ave: 1175) • Ave. Eq. Tax Rate: 1.72 (NJ Ave. 1.76) • Eq. Value per Cap: $192,000 (NJ: $150,000) • HH Income: 140% of NJ Average

  8. Somerset Police Data • 19 Municipal Departments • County Prosecutor & Sheriff Support • 647Sworn Officers • Estimated Budget: $94.6 Million • Crimes per 1,000 Pop.: 14.9 • Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.9 • Crimes per Sworn Officer: 6.7

  9. Current Shared Services • Emergency 911 • Dispatch • Criminal Investigation • Specialty Squads (SWAT, Dive, Arson etc.) • Training Academy • Jail Operations • Prisoner Transport

  10. Literature Review • USDOJ National Report on Local Police • IACP Report on Consolidation • NJSACP Report on Consolidation • Case Studies on Existing Regional Depts. • NJ Uniform Crime Report • Other State UCR Documents • NJDCA Docs on Consolidation

  11. Legal Issues • Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act • Performance Standards • Cost Allocation • Local Referendum • Personnel • Seniority Retention • Integration of Labor Contracts

  12. Comparative Analysis I

  13. Comparative Analysis II

  14. Concept Plan • Establish County Wide Police Department • Organize with 3 Precincts (North, Central & South) • Potential for Phased Implementation • Physical Consolidation into 3 Facilities • All Support at County Locations • Attrition-Based Staffing Changes • PERC Assistance with Contract Integration

  15. Related Issues • Increased Unit Costs • Salaries • Benefits • Future Pension Liability Distribution

  16. Other Somerset Cases • Tax Assessment • Municipal Courts • Construction Code

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