Commonwealth of Virginia 2012 Budget Document: Agency Details

The 2012 Executive Budget Document

Department of State Police [ http://www.vsp.state.va.us/ ]

Mission Statement

The Virginia State Police, independent yet supportive of other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, will provide high quality, statewide law enforcement services to the people of Virginia and our visitors; and will actively plan, train and promote emergency preparedness to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and its infrastructure.

Operating Budget Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Personnel Cost
2009 Appropriation	$ 218,520,446	$ 77,167,467	$ 226,457,124
2010 Appropriation	$ 202,134,370	$ 80,483,473	$ 226,386,304
2011 Appropriation	$ 208,872,941	$ 74,724,931	$ 206,274,029
2012 Appropriation	$ 219,399,383	$ 72,321,845	$ 220,748,878

2013 Base Budget	$ 219,399,383	$ 72,321,845	$ 213,203,793
2013 Addenda	$ 9,734,592	$ 835,498	$ 8,449,553
2013 Total	$ 229,133,975	$ 73,157,343	$ 221,653,346

2014 Base Budget	$ 219,399,383	$ 72,321,845	$ 213,203,793
2014 Addenda	$ 8,459,505	$ 835,498	$ 7,233,551
2014 Total	$ 227,858,888	$ 73,157,343	$ 220,437,344

Authorized Position Summary

	General Fund	Nongeneral Fund	Total Positions
2009 Appropriation	2,429.00	376.00	2,805.00
2010 Appropriation	2,429.00	383.00	2,812.00
2011 Appropriation	2,498.00	336.00	2,834.00
2012 Appropriation	2,463.00	386.00	2,849.00

2013 Base Budget	2,463.00	386.00	2,849.00
2013 Addenda	43.00	0.00	43.00
2013 Total	2,506.00	386.00	2,892.00

2014 Base Budget	2,463.00	386.00	2,849.00
2014 Addenda	43.00	0.00	43.00
2014 Total	2,506.00	386.00	2,892.00

Recommended Operating Budget Addenda

Align positions with proper service area
Aligns agency positions with programmatic funding. With various budget reductions being implemented, the agency has been required to make organizational changes.

Align funding to correct service areas
Aligns funding supporting trooper school to the correct service area.

Remove savings generated through operational efficiencies

Removes savings that will be generated through operational efficiencies.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ (322,961)		$ (557,961)

Remove weigh station staffing plan submission requirement
Strikes language pertaining to a staffing plan being required prior to allotment of funding. This plan is no longer needed due to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of State Police and the Department of Transportation. The state police will ensure that the weigh stations are staffed in accordance to the MOU.

Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets

Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the costs of items such as changes in retirement and other benefit contribution rates, as well as the distribution of other centrally funded items.

	FY 2013	FY 2014
General Fund	$ 3,477,699	$ 3,477,699
Nongeneral Fund	$ 835,498	$ 835,498

Adjust funding to reflect changes in rent charges at the seat of government

Provides additional funding to cover the general fund share of increased rent charges at the seat of government. The rent rate increase, the first in six years, results from additional costs to maintain facilities.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ 847		$ 1,129

Align staff funding
Aligns funding that supports staff to the current organizational structure.

Enhance clandestine lab program

Provides funding for clandestine methamphetamine lab (CML) clean-ups/disposal activities. Historically, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has handled the cost and coordination of lab clean-ups/disposal. The DEA will no longer bear this cost, requiring the agency to do so. The cost of a hazardous waste contractor for the removal of the items associated with the CML must now be absorbed by the lead investigative agency involved with the discovery of the CML, which is often the Department of State Police.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ 377,000		$ 264,000

Transfer appropriation to correct service area and fund type
Adjusts fund type to correctly reflect the fund that supports Help Eliminate Auto Theft (HEAT) and Insurance Fraud.

Provide funding to reduce trooper vacancies

Provides funding to fill 40 vacant state troopers positions.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ 2,911,840		$ 3,100,800

Adjust funding to reflect changes in information technology and telecommunication charges

Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of information technology and telecommunication charges based on changes in utilization, services, and rate changes approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 1, 2010, and September 1, 2011.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ 972,969		$ 972,969

Align appropriation with correct service areas and expected revenues
Aligns appropriation with cash and expected revenues.

Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums

Adjusts the agency's budget for the general fund share of state employee workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of FY 2013 and FY 2014 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs.

		FY 2013		FY 2014
General Fund		$ (337,434)		$ (283,801)

Enhance Sex Offender Investigative Unit

Provides 43 surveillance officer positions to monitor sex offenders. Since the sex offender monitoring workload will be handled by surveillance officers, trooper positions could be redeployed to other activities. Some of the existing troopers positions will be retained in the Sex Offender Investigative Unit for investigations and to provide support to the surveillance officers.

	FY 2013	FY 2014
General Fund	$ 2,654,632	$ 1,484,670
Authorized Positions	$ 43	$ 43