CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-25-205 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Renée Grout
RESOLUTION
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Requiring The Albuquerque Fire And Rescue Department, The Albuquerque Police Department And The Albuquerque Community Safety Department To Provide Quarterly Operations Reports (Grout)
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WHEREAS, the Albuquerque Fire and Rescue Department, the Albuquerque Police Department and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department form the Public Safety apparatus of the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, it is the charter responsibility of the Albuquerque City Council to establish policies and adopt budgets that guide and fund these Departments; and
WHEREAS, these Departments utilize a broad array of strategies to address a dynamic, complex, and diverse operating environment; and
WHEREAS, gathering, compiling and utilizing robust data about the operations of these departments is essential to provide the Administration and the City Council with the information required to forge effective policies and budgets that accurately align cost and benefits; and
WHEREAS, per Section 10 C of Ordinance O-22-47, the Albuquerque Police Department and ABQ Ride are already required to send Quarterly Security Reports that contain Albuquerque Police Department, Albuquerque Community Safety, and Metro Security data to City Council; and
WHEREAS, in order to improve data-driven decision-making, it is valuable for City departments to conduct preliminary analyses of data sets reported quarterly to the City Council, including identifying trends, variances, and percentages of change between reporting periods, so that Council staff can more effectively interpret the data and support informed policy and budgetary discussions; and
WHEREAS, to strengthen the City’s capacity for improving data-driven decision-making, quarterly reports to City Council could include updates on technological developments and system improvements that support more efficient data collection, compilation, and analysis.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The Albuquerque Fire and Rescue Department, the Albuquerque Police Department and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department shall quarterly submit to Council through an Executive Communication a data report for the indices identified in Attachment 1 to this Resolution.
SECTION 2. The Albuquerque Fire and Rescue Department, the Albuquerque Police Department and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department shall conduct preliminary analyses of each data set reported quarterly to the City Council, including identifying trends, variances, and percentages of change between reporting periods. The information shall be reported by month.
SECTION 3. The Albuquerque Fire and Rescue Department, the Albuquerque Police Department and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department shall include in their quarterly reports to City Council any updates on technological developments and system improvements that support more efficient data collection, compilation, and analysis.