FY2024 Iowa City Police Department Budget Summary

The City of Iowa City’s proposed and adopted budgets are posted annually and include budget summaries and narrative for each department.

ICPD Department-Wide Budget Summary

Expenditure Budget by Division

*Animal Services expenses are budgeted under the Support & Services division.

ICPD Division Expenditure Budget Summaries

Police Administration

The Police Administration division is supported by 3.00 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employees which includes the Police Chief, a Lieutenant of Professional Standards, and an Administrative Coordinator.

Personnel expenditures increased by 22.3 percent in FY23 due to the addition of the Lieutenant of Professional Standards position, a reclassification of a Sergeant position in Support Services.

Support Services

Support Services provides support and services such as records retention and dissemination, customer service, property and evidence management, training and accreditation efforts, community outreach, and animal services.

The Police Department’s Support Services division is supported by 31.26 FTE, including one captain, one sergeant, five officers, four police records technicians, one computer systems analyst, five station masters, community service officers (4.5 FTE), an accreditation manager (.5 FTE) and a civilian supervisor. Animal Services (8.26 FTE) is also under Support Services, which includes the addition of a volunteer services coordinator.

Field Operations

The Field Operations Division includes patrol and investigations. Patrol is the largest activity in the department and, in addition to traditional patrol units, includes canine units, bicycle officers, community service officers, a Crisis Negotiation Team, and special response and crime scene teams. The Investigations activity contributes to criminal investigations and includes the Johnson County Drug Task Force, Domestic Abuse, and a Street Crimes unit.

The Police Department’s Field Operations Division is supported by 78.00 FTE, which includes one captain, four lieutenants, eight sergeants, 62 officers, a Victim Services Specialist and two Community Service Officers (CSOs).

Activity expenditures in the Field Operations division include patrol, investigations, criminal forfeitures, contracted patrol, and police grants (Johnson County Task Force, Stop Violence, and International Association of Chiefs of Police):

Recently, Field Operations has focused on increasing training and community relations among the largest division of Police Department employees. Efforts include beginning Threat Assessment training to increase community safety and reduce arrests, completing Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) and refresher training for all officers, and increasing patrol presence at community events and in neighborhoods for non-enforcement purposes.

Additionally, the unit was successful in working with community groups to enact a City Ordinance on Hate Crimes and implementing internal processes to track and fully investigate such activities (Ord. 17-4692).