Tactical Response

Program Budget Overview

Description

• The Police Department’s Tactical Response program addresses the SER Safe goal and its outcome “Prevent crime, alleviate harm, and improve quality of life for community members and visitors while minimizing disparate impacts on community members of color and considering the needs of different cultures, individuals, and community values.” The purpose of the program is to increase the department's capabilities to respond to incidents within the city which create a significant risk to life and safety above and beyond normal day to day police operations. This program’s services include SWAT, Bomb Squad Unit, Canine program (bomb-detection dog) and the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team with oversight by the Deputy Chief of Operations.

Sustainability, Equity and Resilience (SER) Goal area: Safe

• Objectives
  • Prevent crime, alleviate harm, and improve quality of life for community members and visitors while minimizing disparate impacts on community members of color and considering the needs of different cultures, individuals, and community values.

Program Outcomes

• Improved police services delivery to the community.
• Deploy appropriate response for high-risk incidents.
• Proactively provide deterrence during soft-target special events.
• Increase safety of community, officers, and suspects.
• Resolving high-risk incidents in a safe and timely manner.
• Increase capabilities of tactical officers through training and equipment.

Measurements

Potential KPIs include:

• # of times SWAT deployed
• # of times UAS team deployed
• # of times bomb-team deployed
• # of tactical training hours
• Response time to significant events