FY26 Proposed Budget

Goals, objectives, and performance measures

Strategic Plan Value: Department Goal:

Partnerships and Engagement

Traffic crash reduction. Address the impact of underage drinking on downtown and near downtown neighborhoods. Increase OWI and traffic enforcement. Continue alcohol compliance checks, bar checks, and directed party patrols, reduce response time to loud party calls.

Department Objective:

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Performance Measures:

OWI Arrests Traffic Stops

543

656

395

531

500

7,514

8,664

5,267

7,148

7,500

Traffic Accidents and Average Damage

CY 2024 Projected

CY 2025 Estimate

CY 2021

CY 2022

CY 2023

Accidents*

1,551

1,480

1,573

1,534

1,550

Average Damage, Reportable Accident*

5,164

4,765

4,876

4,935

5,000

* Iowa City Police Officers respond to all calls for traffic accidents. Average damage is collected only for reportable accidents; reportable accidents include those causing personal injury or property damage over $1,500.

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Bar/Compliance Checks Bar Checks Performed

147

302

267

238

240

Compliance Checks

50

51

34

45

50

Response Time: Loud Party Complaints (in minutes)

CY 2024 Projected

CY 2025 Estimate

CY 2021

CY 2022

CY 2023

Call to Dispatch

4:29 9:40

2:32 9:03

2:48 8:48

3:03 8:37

3:00 8:25

Dispatch to On Scene

Response Time (in minutes)

12:00 14:24

9:40

0:00 2:24 4:48 7:12 9:36

8:37

8:48

8:25

9:03

4:29

3:03

3:00

2:48

2:32

CY 2021

CY 2022

CY 2023

CY 2024 Projected

CY 2025 Estimate

Call to Dispatch Dispatch to On Scene

125