Administration Division

Police Chief Jack Cauley oversees the Administration Division

This division includes the police chief, a senior media relations specialist, an administrative supervisor, and a senior office assistant.

The division is responsible for providing:

• Overall direction to the agency and personnel

• Ensuring quality police service to residents and business owners

• Managing the department’s budget and purchasing

• Messaging for the department (e.g., social media, news releases, media requests)

• Public Safety Commission liaison

• Disseminating department’s TRAKiT issues, received through the Town’s Report a Concern

The department’s actual expenses from the amended $20,476,608 budget was approximately two percent under budget, which reflected a 23 percent increase from the $16.6M budget in 2021 (Fig. 1). Of the budgeted amount, the department expenditures were $20,163,2481 within the five categories: personnel, services/other, supplies, capital and transfers out (Fig. 2). Additional financial reports are found under the Town’s website: CRgov.com/Transparency

1 Unaudited 2023 First Quarter Financial Review as of June 2023.

The administrative staff diligently works to keep our Police website current and reply to citizens’ and business owners’ concerns. In 2022, a 133 percent increase in website revisions was generated due to the Town’s new website platform implementation (Fig. 3). Staff also realized a 27 percent increase in calls for assistance through the Town’s TRAKiT system (Fig. 4).