To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Add one (1) Sheriff’s Community Services Officer position to the Field Operations Bureau - Special Operations Division - A.C. Transit Police Services.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26395 to add one (1) Sheriff’s Community Services Officer (64VI) (represented) position at a salary plan and grade VN5 1336 ($6,608.37 - $8,233.33) to the Field Operations Bureau - Special Operations Division - A.C. Transit Police Services in the Office of the Sheriff.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total salary and benefits cost of the position is approximately $189,400 annually, and will be 100% funded by A.C. Transit. No fiscal impact to Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff.
BACKGROUND:
A.C. Transit has requested the addition of a Sheriff’s Community Service Officer (CSO) under its contract with the Office of the Sheriff. These services are integral to supporting the safety and security of A.C. Transit’s operations and ensuring compliance with the contract’s service delivery standards. A.C. Transit recently contracted with Duncan Solutions and Hayden AI to provide automated citations by use of Artificial Intelligence. This technology is already being utilized in Alameda County which has seen a drastic increase in the number of citations that were being issued. The CSO position is necessary to review and process each citation. A.C. Transit has agreed to fund this position at no additional cost to the Office of the Sheriff.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
With the implementation of automated citations, the processing of each citation will fall to the Deputies on patrol. This backlog of work will take the Deputies away from their patrols or cause overtime work and pay and increase the cost to the county.