Ona Brause
30:44 - 31:28
"the downtown foot patrol was enabled because of the additional funding from the TIPS appropriation, and it was specifically applied on an overtime basis because we don't have enough sworn officers to do regular, regular time foot patrol. So that's one of the layers of the challenge of how we are sort of patching these needs. There was one-time funding available from TIP specifically to do an enhanced downtown foot patrol, but that additional appropriation doesn't exist in 2027. So we either need to find some other revenue source to fund the OT cost associated with that operation."
“the downtown foot patrol was enabled because of the additional funding from the TIPS appropriation, and it was specifically applied on an overtime basis because we don't have enough sworn officers to do regular, regular time foot patrol. So that's one of the layers of the challenge of how we are sort of patching these needs. There was one-time funding available from TIP specifically to do an enhanced downtown foot patrol, but that additional appropriation doesn't exist in 2027. So we either need to find some other revenue source to fund the OT cost associated with that operation.”
- Speaker
- Ona Brause
- Timestamp
- 30:44 – 31:28
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
I also know, you know, other districts might be, um, interested in on the ground in, in, in their neighborhoods. But yeah, yeah, and we, and we do have some, some analysis that talks about over time and tipping point within staffing models at APD and, and the idea that the downtown foot patrol was enabled because of the additional funding from the TIPS appropriation, and it was specifically applied on an overtime basis because we don't have enough sworn officers to do regular, regular time foot patrol. So that's one of the layers of the challenge of how we are sort of patching these needs. There was one-time funding available from TIP specifically to do an enhanced downtown foot patrol, but that additional appropriation doesn't exist in 2027. So we either need to find some other revenue source to fund the OT cost associated with that operation.
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