1. Shared Services Perspectives from a Practitioner

2. Advantages of Scale Minimize Redundancy Optimize Supervisory Ratios Maximize Utilization of Major Capital Goods Optimize Resource Scheduling Promote Specialization of Labor Promote Standardization/Interchangeability

3. Disadvantages of Scale Bureaucracy Depersonalization Homogenation of Service Levels Culture Clashes

4. Consolidation vs. Sharing Consolidation Permanent Loss of Identity Inflexible Pricing Structure Simplifies Decisions Loss of Political Control Shared Services Changeable Continued Sense of Place Multiple Pricing Models Complicates Decisions Retention of Political Structure

5. The Pricing Problem Distribution of Demand Differs From Distribution of Value (e.g. North Plainfield: 7.4% of Police; 3% of Value) Savings Not Distributed Fairly If Assessments Used For Cost Allocation Baseline Method Okay Initially, Difficult To Adjust In Future Years Budget Approvals Complex

6. Case Study Somerset Police Services

7. Somerset County Data Population: 320,000 Land Area: 305 Square Miles Density: 1050 per Sq. Mile (NJ Ave: 1175) Ave. Eq. Tax Rate: 1.72 (NJ Ave. 1.76) Eq. Value per Cap: $192,000 (NJ: $150,000) HH Income: 140% of NJ Average

8. Somerset Police Data 19 Municipal Departments County Prosecutor & Sheriff Support 647Sworn Officers Estimated Budget: $94.6 Million Crimes per 1,000 Pop.: 14.9 Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.9 Crimes per Sworn Officer: 6.7

9. Current Shared Services Emergency 911 Dispatch Criminal Investigation Specialty Squads (SWAT, Dive, Arson etc.) Training Academy Jail Operations Prisoner Transport

10. Literature Review USDOJ National Report on Local Police IACP Report on Consolidation NJSACP Report on Consolidation Case Studies on Existing Regional Depts. NJ Uniform Crime Report Other State UCR Documents NJDCA Docs on Consolidation

11. Legal Issues Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act – Performance Standards – Cost Allocation – Local Referendum – Personnel Seniority Retention Integration of Labor Contracts

12. Comparative Analysis I EntityCrime per 1000 Violent Per 1000 PO Per 1000 Crime Per PO Violent Per PO Somerset14.90.92.226.70.4 Newark53.810.64.8711.02.2 NJ Comps13.10.82.046.50.4 NJ State26.43.52.4810.71.4 Largest Counties35.14.941.6824.33.4 Best County16.81.01.3012.2.7

13. Comparative Analysis II Entity# Sworn# Superior PO/Super. $/Sworn$/Crime$/Violent Somerset6472012.219$137,317$19,806$320,717 Newark13672843.813$141,997$12,858$65,116

14. Concept Plan Establish County Wide Police Department Organize with 3 Precincts (North, Central & South) Potential for Phased Implementation Physical Consolidation into 3 Facilities All Support at County Locations Attrition-Based Staffing Changes PERC Assistance with Contract Integration

15. Related Issues Increased Unit Costs – Salaries – Benefits Future Pension Liability Distribution

16. Other Somerset Cases Tax Assessment Municipal Courts Construction Code