The Support Division provides the resources and systems essential to line operations through the management of Personnel and Training, Internal Affairs, Management Resources, Evidence and Property, Custody and Transport, Planning and Research, Fleet and Accreditation, and Crime Analysis activities of the department.
Commanded by Deputy Chief Steve Bellshaw, the Support Division provides essential resources, systems, and administrative functions to the department, ensuring good stewardship of public resources by applying sound hiring and training practices, ensuring the ethics and integrity of the department, being responsive to citizen complaints, returning property and evidence to victims, maintaining accreditation standards, and appropriate disposing of surplus and forfeited property. The Support Division commander is also the primary department representative in the citywide Emergency Operations Center.
Supervised by a Sergeant, Personnel and Training coordinates all functions related to the recruitment, selection, hiring, and training of qualified sworn and non-sworn employees. The unit also serves as liaison to City human resources, payroll and risk management, and the State of Oregon's Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
Staffed by a Sergeant, Internal Affairs ensures the timely management and resolution of citizen complaints against agency personnel by assuring compliance with state, federal and departmental polices and procedures.
Commanded by a lieutenant, Management Resources is responsible for providing many of the administrative and management needs of the department. This section serves as liaison with other City departments and outside government agencies including legal, court, human resources, human rights and relations, state legislature, and City Council. This section is responsible for the promotional process, towing contracts and a variety of other administrative duties including accreditation projects, revisions to the department's policy and procedure manuals, and supervision of the departmental fleet and accreditation officer, transport service officers, and the Personnel and Training and Evidence and Property units.
The Evidence and Property Unit is staffed by civilian personnel who maintain and preserve evidence in civil and criminal investigations, and store and track abandoned property. The unit receives and issues department equipment and manages equipment contracts and repairs. More than 1500 items are processed monthly by the unit.
Custody and Transport officers are part-time, sworn officers who provide transportation and security of prisoners between the Municipal Court and jail facilities, reducing the use of full-time sworn officers. Three part-time officers transport approximately 130 prisoners annually.
Headed by a civilian, Planning and Research provides timely financial analysis, reports, and management decisions and offers support through the coordination, preparation and oversight of the department's budget, monitoring the revenues and expenditures, grant administration, performance measurement, project management, Lean Six Sigma facilitation and supervision of the crime analysis unit.
Fleet and Accreditation ensures the efficient management of a fleet of 135 vehicles and associated technology needs, and assists the Management Resources lieutenant with maintaining the department's accreditation and the annual updating of 142 policies and procedures.
Staffed by two civilians, Crime Analysis provides timely preparation, analysis and dissemination of crime patterns and trends to assist officers in identifying areas for concentrated law enforcement efforts. This unit also prepares crime rate information for neighborhood associations, news media, and others.
The Support Division has 14.75 FTE: One Deputy Chief, one Lieutenant, three Sergeants, two Officers, one Budget Analyst, two Crime Analysts, one Human Resources Technician, one Staff Assistant, one Property Control Supervisor, one Property Control Technician and one 3/4 time Office Assistant.