Recruiting:
The Recruiting Unit's mission is to actively seek the most
qualified candidates for positions throughout the Police
Department, while placing an emphasis on diversity. All
applicants must first pass a written examination given by the
New Jersey Department of Personnel. The
Recruiting Unit is headed by Lieutenant Raymond Brown and is
assisted by Lieutenant Buba Karade and Detective and Erica
Horsley. We utilize this team to
market the East Orange Police Department to civilians, high
school students, colleges, and members of the United States
military. The backbone of the Police Department takes its
direction from this unit, which is tasked with background
investigation and subsequent hiring of all personnel within
the Police Department. In the past five years this unit has
hired more than one-hundred new employees, including, but not
limited to Police, telecommunications (dispatchers) and Police
Civilian Service Aides.
Training:
The Training Unit, with a staff of 5, provides a wide
range of services including the overseeing of recruits
attending the Essex County Police Academy. The unit is
responsible for the coordination of both the State of New
Jersey required mandatory training and departmental in-house
training. It keeps records for all training received by
department members both sworn and civilian. Further, the unit
creates, tracks, and facilitates the printing of new and or
revised department policies/rules and regulations through the Chief of
Police.
Police Finance Budget:
The Department Budget Coordinator Keith Rollins supervises all
overall functions of the Finance Office and reports directly
to the Director and the Chief of Police. The main functions of the office are
to coordinate the Department's purchasing, including issuance
of purchase order numbers and payment of invoices, and the
issuance of petty cash. In addition, acceptance of
department's receipts and coordination of bank deposits
through the city's Finance Department is a
responsibility. Finally, preparation and monitoring of the
Department's budget is also a major responsibility.
Police
Resource Management Supply: Resource Management is headed by Sergeant
Chris Patrick and is responsible for the issuance of
supplies, general mataintance and other equipment necessary
for the day-to-day operation of the department's sworn and
civilian staff. The accessibility of vehicles, radios
and forms in the day-to-day operations of the police
department is the responsibility of the Supply Unit.
Equipment, acquisitions, storage, and distribution fall under
this area.
Fleet
Services: The 150 plus vehicles in the department's fleet
require regular maintenance and repair from this unit. In
addition to insuring that the fleet is in good repair and all
damage has been documented, this unit, part of Resource
Management also assists in preparing
bids for future fleet purchases.
Court Liaison: The Court Liaison Unit is authorized to
accept and serve all timely court subpoenas, deposition
notices, and all court related documents on behalf of the
department's members. We receive criminal/civil subpoenas and disseminate
them to 300 officers to make certain they are notified
of upcoming court dates in a speedier manner. Court Liaison is
also currently working on receiving other legal documents
electronically to achieve a more efficient means of processing
paperwork. The Unit works with representatives involved
in the legal system, tracks and notifies members of changes
to the hundreds of pending court cases. The unit also coordinates
with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Criminal Judicial
Processing Unit (CJP) by preparing individual arrest reports
in criminal cases for judicial review.
Record Bureau: The Records Division consists of 15
employees working round the clock to retrieve, distribute, and
store reports consistent with internal policy and demands, as
well as public records requests. The Records Division receives
all police reports and accidents reports. The reports are
indexed and vital information is entered in the computer,
which is used for Uniform Crime Reporting by both the New
Jersey Department of Criminal Justice and the FBI.
Communications:
The Communications Center has three specific functions, call
taking, dispatching and teletype. Each year the Police
Department receives and processes almost 65,000 9-1-1 calls
and close to 295,000 non-emergency calls for assistance. Once
the information is received in dispatch, the dispatcher will
evaluate the call, match existing resources with service
needs, and dispatch the appropriate unit. This could be the
unit recommended by the computer or a unit selected via a
manual process of the dispatcher. For “in-progress” calls,
or calls of an emergency/life threatening nature, the
dispatcher can also broadcast the information to all units
simultaneously regardless of district assignment.
Teletype:
The
teletype section part of communications handles inquiries on lost/wanted person,
stolen vehicles and property. Employees in this function work
with both the Sate Crime Information Center (SCIC) and the
National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to enter vital
information needed to conduct criminal investigations. Each
year this Department processes approximately 106,000 requests
to these agencies and receives more than 3,500 hit
confirmations.
