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of funding will be either diminished or unavailable in fiscal year 1998-99. And because hiring additional personnel may lower overtime costs, we propose an increase of only 27 percent in our overtime accounts for fiscal year 1998-99. This represents a 7 percent reduction from our actual costs in fiscal year 1996-97. Our manpower is limited, and since we are a seven-day-a-week, 24-hours-a-day operation, overtime for major case investigations, court appearances, unpredictable natural disasters and the like is inevitable. Some important programs and improvements are moving ahead, however. Despite initial setbacks and delays in the procurement of the computer aided dispatch system (CADS), we are now in the final stages of executing a professional services contract. CADS will eventually be interfaced with our future records management system. This computer system will enhance our overall efficiency, response time and effectiveness in solving crimes. Installation and training should begin in the early spring of 1998. We are also continuing our efforts to expand our Community Policing Program through grants from the Federal government. Before this fiscal year, we were awarded three grants totaling slightly more than $1 million to train 14 officers. During the current fiscal year, we were able to secure a fourth grant for $675,000 to fund nine additional community policing positions. This will bring the total of community policing officers to 23, which will allow us to have a Community Policing Program in every d�