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Council Member Restler details staffing issues and attrition at Department of Probation
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Council Member Restler presents a series of statistics and information highlighting significant staffing issues and high attrition rates at the Department of Probation.
- He cites a 22% vacancy rate with 249 unfilled positions out of 1,100 budgeted posts
- Restler notes that 394 staffers have left the agency during the current commissioner's tenure, with 288 resignations
- He highlights a 30% reduction in the number of probation officers over the past five years
- The council member expresses concern over the increased workload despite reduced staffing
Lincoln Restler
1:10:22
That is a level of brain drain that has huge negative impacts on the agency.
1:10:28
249 unfilled positions out of 1,100 budgeted posts, 22 vacancy rate.
1:10:34
That's one of the highest in the city.
1:10:35
It's a Serious mismanagement.
1:10:37
Extremely high turnover, 394 staffers have left the agency during your tenure, 288 people have resigned.
1:10:44
Resigned.
1:10:44
Just left because they couldn't take it anymore at DOP.
1:10:47
We've seen extreme attrition.
1:10:49
The actual headcount has dropped by a 45 people, 14% since you took office.
1:10:55
The lack of officers in the agency is deeply startling and disturbing.
1:11:01
Currently, there are six fifty eight officers, admin probation officers, probation officers, supervising probation officers.
1:11:09
Back in 2020, just four or five years ago, there were nine forty nine officers.
1:11:14
That is a 30 plus percent reduction in just five years.
1:11:17
That is devastating.
1:11:19
Despite the fact that during the Adams administration, we've seen more people under supervision at DOP, more cases under investigation at DOP.
1:11:26
Despite that increased workload, we've seen a 30% reduction in the uniform headcount.
1:11:31
And of the 213 people that have been hired during the period that you're commissioner, only 46 were probation officers.
1:11:37
You've overwhelmingly hired civilians.
1:11:39
And today in the Daily News, there are questions about the Department of Investigation investigating your actions and issues of nepotism.
1:11:46
So I'm going to start directly with that question.