City of Madison - File #: 15805

• File #: 15805
• Version: 1
• Name: Establishing a voluntary rifle purchase program.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/26/2009
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 10/6/2009
• Final action: 10/6/2009
• Enactment date: 10/8/2009
• Enactment #: RES-09-00837
• Title: Establishing a voluntary rifle purchase program that would allow commissioned employees to voluntarily purchase department-approved rifles for on-duty use, utilize the department’s bulk purchasing power to order the rifles, and establish a two (2) year repayment mechanism by which the cost of the rifle would be recovered through fifty-two (52) equal deductions taken from the employee’s paycheck.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Thuy Pham-Remmele, Michael Schumacher, Judy Compton

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
9/21/2009	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
9/8/2009	1	PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval
9/2/2009	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Refer
9/1/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
8/26/2009	1	Mayor's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
This program will be administered in a manner similar to the handgun purchase program. The City will purchase the rifles and be reimbursed by the commissioned employees through payroll deductions. The initial purchase will cost about $100,000. There is sufficient funding in the General Fund balance for this program.
Title
Establishing a voluntary rifle purchase program that would allow commissioned employees to voluntarily purchase department-approved rifles for on-duty use, utilize the department’s bulk purchasing power to order the rifles, and establish a two (2) year repayment mechanism by which the cost of the rifle would be recovered through fifty-two (52) equal deductions taken from the employee’s paycheck.
Body
WHEREAS, the Madison Police Department currently owns one hundred forty-two (142) AR-15 rifles, with twenty-one (21) assigned to the training team and one hundred twenty-one (121) assigned to patrol; and

WHEREAS, the Department assigns the patrol rifles on a shared basis within patrol operations by installing rifles in all “patrol ready” fleet vehicles; and

WHEREAS, before being deployed into fleet vehicles, these rifles are sighted by a precision marksman, resulting in a well-sighted rifle, that does not account for the many variables associated with firing a shoulder-mounted weapon (e.g., facial configuration, arm length, etc.); and

WHEREAS, because these variables may affect the accuracy of the universally sighted rifles, the Department has determined that it should transition to personally assigned rifles; and

WHEREAS, the Department surveyed its commissioned personnel and determined that - should such an opportunity exist, fifty-nine (59) officers were prepared to purchase their own rifles and forty-six (46) officers would strongly consider the opportunity, and

WHEREAS, the Department currently utilizes a similar paycheck deduction system for the purchase of an officer’s Glock handgun whereby the Department purchases the ...