The responsibilities of the Management Services Division include:

The Management Services Division provides essential police related support for the department and the citizens of Riverside.

Management Services includes:

Fiscal Management      Accounting Unit     Court Services
Fleet Maintenance      Facilities Management
Alarm Enforcement Detail     Grant Unit 

 

Fiscal Management  Fiscal Management is responsible for the preparation and administration of the department’s budget, grants, asset forfeiture funds, payroll, and accounting.

Accounting Unit  The Accounting Unit processes all requests for purchases and payments and assists in budget preparation. This unit is also responsible for account reconciliation and the processing of bimonthly payroll for department employees. In addition, the Accounting Unit submits the annual International City/County Management Association report for the city manager and prepares the annual asset forfeiture report. Finally, this unit arranges for travel to training schools and conferences for department employees.

Court Services  The RPD Court Services Unit (CSU) is responsible for the coordination of subpoenas and court appearances. In January 2001, the Riverside County District Attorney agreed to allow police officers to be on call for misdemeanor jury trials waiting for courtroom and jury selection. This change in practice has resulted in a 25% reduction of overtime costs for the RPD. The CSU continues to expand its efficiency through computer technology. For example, the subpoena clerk can now send messages from the court directly to the mobile data computer located in the on-duty officer’s patrol vehicle. In addition, court appearance information is available to all employees via the department intranet.

Fleet Maintenance  The Fleet Maintenance Unit oversees the vehicle preventive maintenance program for all police department vehicles. This program ensures that police vehicles are inspected, maintained, and repaired on a regular basis. In addition, staff from fleet maintenance work closely with the city purchasing Fleet Maintenancedepartment to make certain that bid specifications are sent to qualified vendors and that the bids submitted are fairly evaluated.

The Fleet Maintenance Unit also researches new police vehicle equipment for technical efficiency. The unit has recently completed the conversion of the marked fleet from Mobile Data Terminals to Mobile Data Computers. An on-going challenge for this unit is in meeting the increased electrical demands on the marked fleet associated with the new technology. RPD maintains 182 marked units, 192 unmarked vehicles, 16 motorcycles, and 16 utility trailers.

Facilities Management:  The Facilities Management Unit is responsible for building maintenance in the four main police facilities and also in the seven off-site facilities.

Alarm Enforcement Detail  The Alarm Enforcement Unit tracks departmental responses to business and residence alarms in Riverside.

City Alarm Ordinance Information

Grant Unit  The Grant Unit is responsible for grant research and development, financial report documentation, grant monitoring including expenditures and revenues, and department compliance in the use of grant funds. The Grant Unit is also the principal liaison for financial audits and grant monitoring inspections.

The Police Department has been successful in obtaining federal and state grant funds over the past several years.  These funds allow the department to purchase new equipment, upgrade existing systems, and hire personnel.  Grant funds have enabled the Riverside Police Department to purchase state of the art technology and systems that make this department a recognized leader in the law enforcement arena.  In addition, implementation of this technology has made the department more efficient in providing effective community policing programs that enhance the safety and quality of life in the city.

             The following are grant awards from the federal government:

The Justice Administration Grant is a new program that combines and replaces the Edward Byrne Memorial Formula grant and the Local Law Enforcement Block grant programs.  The funds will be used to pay for staffing in the Evidence Collection Unit, audio digital recorders, digital cameras, portable radios and scanners.

The COPS Technology provides funding for the continued development of technologies and automated systems to assist law enforcement agencies.  These funds were used to purchase mobile handheld computers, digital imaging system software, surveillance equipment, generator, UPS, digital cameras, audio digital recorders, and forensic lab equipment and training.

Funding is for equipment, training, planning, and administrative needs of first responders.   These funds were used to supplement funding for the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.

The purpose of this funding is to prevent, deter, and respond to and recover from threats and incidents of terrorisms.  This funding was used to purchase robotic bomb equipment, specialized headsets, chemical detection equipment with a portion of this funding going to the CAD system project.

These funds will be used to purchase chemical/biological protection gear, DNA/RNA detection supplies and tactical intervention equipment.  A portion ($127,000) of the Police Department funding was allocated the Fire Department for a shared mobile command vehicle and mutual aid channel.

These funds will be used to purchase specialized protective equipment, robotic upgrades, portable X-ray unit and robotic transport vehicle.

This grant provides funding to help save the lives of law enforcement officers through the purchase of bulletproof vests.  These funds will be used to help offset 50% of the costs, limited to the funding award amount, of body armor for police officers.

These funds are used to subsidize the costs of personnel assigned to the West County Narcotics Task Force (WCNTF).   The WCNTF has increased the narcotics enforcement in and around the city of Riverside.  In addition, task force efforts have resulted in seized assets that have been forfeited for use in future narcotics and law enforcement operations.

These funds are provided to promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system.  The funds are being used to establish a Riverside Youth Court program that acts as an early intervention for first time offenders of misdemeanor crimes.  The Youth Court program educates youth about the juvenile justice system, addresses the juvenile’s responsibility or his behavior and holds the juvenile accountable through a restorative sentence that may include community service, apologies, counseling and educational workshops.

These funds through the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) are used to support the Inland Crackdown Allied Task Force (INCA).  This task force targets major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations based in Riverside County.  Funds provide for the maintenance and operation of one police department helicopter.

The following are current grant awards from the state government:

The State COPS grant provides funds for front line municipal police services.  The funds are used to pay salaries for the computer forensics detective, support staff for the Crime Free Multi Housing and Graffiti Elimination programs, and staffing for the Records Bureau.

Funds support the Riverside Impaired Driver Enforcement (RIDE) program that is directed toward interdicting, stopping and arresting impaired drivers who are under the influence of alcohol, drugs and drowsiness through sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and educational programs.

Funds were used for a seat belt enforcement campaign in order to increase the level of seat belt usage.

These funds will be used to continue the driving under the influence enforcement program.  The Computerized Information for Traffic Enforcement (CITE) portion of the program will augment the RIDE program by the purchase of automated hand held citation devices.

This grant will be used to establish a regional task force aimed at conducting enforcement activities that target violations for speed contests and illegally modified vehicles.  The goal is to reduce fatalities, injuries and collisions related to speed and street racing activities.  The funds will be used to support staff assigned to the task force, enforcement activities, equipment and training. 

These funds are used to support the multi-jurisdictional task force that concentrates its efforts on the detection, identification and apprehension of the professional vehicle thief operating in Riverside County.  The funds pay for staff assigned to the RAID task force.