Yonkers Police Management Study Resolution By Councilmember Joan Gronowski

       WHEREAS, in 1988,
 the City of Yonkers hired the
independent consulting firm of Murphy, Mayo and Associates, to conduct a
comprehensive study of the Yonkers Police Department to identify its
weaknesses; 

      WHEREAS, in 1989, this
study resulted in a 49-page report, prepared by former New York City Police
Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy and his associate, Louis A. Mayo, former
president of the National Institute of Justice; 

      WHEREAS, the
recommendations of this study included a redefinition of the Police
Department’s goals, the elimination and decentralization of certain special
police units which would put more police officers on regular patrols, and a
reduction of police overtime; 

      WHEREAS, for the past
several years, the Comptroller of the State of New York has cited the City of
Yonkers for its excessive police and fire overtime, calling upon the city to
adjust its deployment of uniformed personnel or identify other measures to
reduce overtime and overtime expenditures; 

NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Yonkers
requests that the City Administration commission a new study by an experienced
and politically impartial police management consultant, to analyze the police
organization with a view toward reducing overtime, and maximizing the workforce.   

Submitted to Rules: 

November 18, 2008