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positions have been eliminated. so, there actually is a loss of five positions that s reflected here. in terms of the work load of our office, our largest division which involves felony cases, we handled in this fiscal year 8,6 12 felony cases. our average annual caseload per attorney is 196. now, in our profession, we look to what s called the nac, american bar association standards. that s the national advisory commission. these standards were set forth in 1973 to determine what caseloads public defenders should be handling. and for felony cases the standard is 150. so, we re about 28% above the standard. we recently completed a case weighting report. the case weighting report is in addition to counting cases. what the case weighting process does is it allows managers to determine the actual work load of the attorney. and, so, what we re looking at there is the number of cases that the attorney is handling individually, the type of cases, each type of case is assigned ....
in 2018. again, the current radio system we have now is 13 years old. it needs to be replaced. it s end of life, so, we re very pleased that through coit and through the mayor s office in the city is supporting this effort for our first responders on the street. you asked about proposed legislation. we have one piece of proposed legislation, which i believe is item 9 on your calendar today, and was called in conjunction with this, and that s to transfer the administration of the police emergency alarm ordinance from dem to the tax collector. dem would remain responsible for certain technical requirements of the alarm ordinance and for the emergency dispatch system. the proposal would clarify the procedures for the annual renewal of alarm licenses and for appealing the imposition of penalty fines or the revocation or suspension of a permit license. fiscal impact is neutral. the false alarm program was part of dem s base budget, transfer of function reduces our operating ....
fiscal year 8,6 12 felony cases. our average annual caseload per attorney is 196. now, in our profession, we look to what s called the nac, american bar association standards. that s the national advisory commission. these standards were set forth in 1973 to determine what caseloads public defenders should be handling. and for felony cases the standard is 150. so, we re about 28% above the standard. we recently completed a case weighting report. the case weighting report is in addition to counting cases. what the case weighting process does is it allows managers to determine the actual work load of the attorney. and, so, what we re looking at there is the number of cases that the attorney is handling individually, the type of cases, each type of case is assigned a weight based on the relative seriousness of the case. and this is something that was determined by the controller s office in 2003 and our department has implemented this. and, so, applying that model, the ave ....
our average annual caseload per attorney is 196. now, in our profession, we look to what s called the nac, american bar association standards. that s the national advisory commission. these standards were set forth in 1973 to determine what caseloads public defenders should be handling. and for felony cases the standard is 150. so, we re about 28% above the standard. we recently completed a case weighting report. the case weighting report is in addition to counting cases. what the case weighting process does is it allows managers to determine the actual work load of the attorney. and, so, what we re looking at there is the number of cases that the attorney is handling individually, the type of cases, each type of case is assigned a weight based on the relative seriousness of the case. and this is someing that was determined by the controller s office in 2003 and our department has implemented this. and, so, applying that model, the average workweek and this is as of jun ....
temporary salaries and that has been resolved such that those positions have been eliminated. so, there actually is a loss of five positions that s reflected here. in terms of the work load of our office, our largest division which involves felony cases, we handled in this fiscal year 8,6 12 felony cases. our average annual caseload per attorney is 196. now, in our profession, we look to what s called the nac, american bar association standards. that s the national advisory commission. these standards were set forth in 1973 to determine what caseloads public defenders should be handling. and for felony cases the standard is 150. so, we re about 28% above the standard. we recently completed a case weighting report. the case weighting report is in addition to counting cases. what the case weighting process does is it allows managers to determine the actual work load of the attorney. and, so, what we re looking at there is the number of cases that the attorney is handling ....