posted by Joe Polk at 4:45 PM /
Mt. Lebanon and Dormont share some common borders, but could they share a police force?
The possibility -- admitted by all involved to be in just the faintest stages of exploration -- was raised recently when officials from Dormont, a borough of 0.75 square miles and approximately 8,500 residents, invited their neighbors to a meeting that included mayors and managers as well as police chiefs.
"They're trying to figure out if we could share resources, although I don't know to what degree," said Gene Roach, Mt. Lebanon deputy chief. "Maybe it could be something like sharing investigative resources."
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09260/998525-55.stm
The possibility -- admitted by all involved to be in just the faintest stages of exploration -- was raised recently when officials from Dormont, a borough of 0.75 square miles and approximately 8,500 residents, invited their neighbors to a meeting that included mayors and managers as well as police chiefs.
"They're trying to figure out if we could share resources, although I don't know to what degree," said Gene Roach, Mt. Lebanon deputy chief. "Maybe it could be something like sharing investigative resources."
Link: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09260/998525-55.stm
Labels: dormont police, mt. lebanon police
1 Comments:
It may not be doable, but a major cost element in our police budget is overtime...$396,400 for 2009, excluding animal control. Of that, police field services accounts for $301,000....a cost element called out in the Matrix efficiency study as needing more attention and accountability.
Will be interesting to see if a shared services arrangement with Dormont would have any impact on overtime.
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