Introduction As the foremost symbol of American representative democracy, the Congress, its Members, employees, visitors, public buildings, and operations are a highly visible target for individuals and organizations intent on causing harm to the United States and disrupting the legislative operations of our government. It is the mission of the United States Capitol Police (USCP) to protect the Congress, its legislative process, staff and visitors from harm. Expansion, as well as consistently fine-tuning how we currently operate, is imperative to ensuring that we continue to provide the safest and most secure environment to enable Congress to fulfill its Constitutional responsibilities, and to protect all those who work and visit the Capitol complex. The very nature of our mission requires us to be a high-reliability organization --we do not have the luxury of failure. While we concentrate on potential failures and weaknesses as a means to success, we are also engaged in a dynamic selfassessment of our operations and administrative functions. In addition, significant progress has been made in United States Capitol Police Assess the Threat Prevent Criminal and Terrorist Activity Respond to Threats, Disruptions, or other Unlawful Activities Support the Mission the development of a new five-year strategic plan, performance plan and annual report. Based on reviews and audits of security needs, we underwent an internal staffing analysis. The USCP subjected itself to the scrutiny of a national accreditation process by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., becoming the first full-service federal law enforcement agency to receive accreditation. We continue to work with the General Accounting Office (GAO) regarding appropriate levels of staffing, systems development and financial matters. The United States Capitol Police continues to evolve, and employees are meeting challenges head-on. The men and women of the USCP continually perform their duties in a diligent and professional manner. The responsibilities that rest on their shoulders can be daunting. Each day, they must ensure the safety and security of the Congressional Community and the thousands who visit these buildings, by protecting them from acts of violence. In doing so, they allow the national legislative process to proceed unhindered. This includes providing around-the-clock police and security services for the people who work in and visit the Capitol complex. Accomplishing this includes varied, and sometimes competing functions of protecting life and property; preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal acts; and enforcing traffic regulations throughout a large complex of congressional buildings, parks, and thoroughfares, while maintaining an open and very public Congressional campus. This era of heightened awareness to the potential for catastrophic events requires all officers to maintain a vigilance that was not dreamed of in years past, necessitating continuous training to respond to threats and cope with the demands of this stressful environment. In 2003, the USCP, especially the Uniformed Services Bureau, greeted and screened over 7 million staff and visitors, the USCP K-9 unit conducted more than 40 thousand explosive detection sweeps, participated in over 11 thousand hours of training and arrested nearly 500 violators within our jurisdiction. In addition, the Hazardous Devices Section conducted over 2 thousand bomb searches and responded to over 430 suspicious package calls both on the Capitol campus and for protective details. We are continuing to work towards improvements to patrol/mobile response; expanding our Containment Emergency Response Team (CERT); providing greater expertise in hazardous device-related work; allowing new training initiatives; enhancing physical and technical security measures; and expanding and modernizing personnel management, financial management and information technology capabilities. We are also making great strides in our dignitary protection, intelligence gathering, and threat assessment capabilities. Another important initiative has been the ongoing development of a Hazardous Materials Response Team, a needed addition to our other highly trained elements that deal with explosives, armed intruders, unruly crowds, and disturbed individuals. During FY 2003, the Department completed a strategic plan initiative and developed a performance plan. The graphic below illustrates the USCP Strategic Plan framework. This framework forms the basis of all our operations and is the critical foundation for the development of the FY 2005 budget estimate. To achieve our mission To satisfy our stakeholders at what must we excel? To prevent and respond to incidents how must we manage Our resources and processes? In support of our mission, the United States Capitol Police presents its FY 2005 budget request. The planning process is dynamic and changes with the flexibility demanded by our mission. This request is a formulation of resources necessary to ensure the success of our mission, which is supported through our four strategic goals, supporting objectives and performance measures. The Capitol Police FY 2005 budget estimate is $291,641,000, which includes personnel costs of $231,777,000 and non-personnel costs of $59,864,000. Compared to the FY 2004 net appropriation of $219,795,510 (less a $1,304,490 rescission) there is an overall increase of $71.8 million (33%). This includes an increase of $35.3 million (18%) for personnel costs and a $36.5M (156%) for non-personnel costs. During the FY 2004 budget markup a funding plan was developed in coordination with the Appropriations Committees that included using $12.7 million of FY 2003 supplemental funds to support FY 2004 annual operations. This additional funding was necessary to support higher security needs of day-to-day operations. These supplemental funds completely funded annual operations for the Office of Information Systems ($6.12 million) and 89% of operations for the Security Services Bureau ($6.628 million). If the $12.7 million is included as part of the USCP's FY 2004 funding, the FY 2004 available funding totals $232.5 million and the overall increase is $59.1 million (25%) of which there is a $35.3 million (18%) increase in personnel costs and a $23.8 million (66%) increase in non-personnel costs. *Excludes $12.7M of FY 2003 Supplemental funds used to support FY 2004 annual operations. Personnel Costs. This budget supports 1,805 police officers and 556 civilians for 2,361 FTEs. This is an increase of 213 officer FTEs and 155 civilian FTEs, which are needed to meet operational requirements. All new hires for the Library of Congress (LOC) police force will be filled with USCP officers; therefore, this budget includes 10 additional officers to cover LOC attrition. Increases in sworn FTEs relate to security standards developed by independent reviews and audits of security operations. The new civilian FTEs replace sworn FTEs devoted to administrative functions, provide a full force level to support administrative responsibilities, provide additional support commensurate with sworn staff size, and provide for additional staff to support increased demands for physical security, countermeasures, training, Command Center monitoring program, and administrative support positions. At the request of the Appropriations Committees, the USCP continues to work with the Capitol Police Board, and GAO regarding appropriate levels of staffing for the Department. Staffing adjustments based on the results of those efforts may affect final FTE numbers. Non-personnel costs. The general expense portion of the budget covers wide-ranging activities covered under the mission and the Department's four strategic goals: Assess the Threat Prevent Criminal and Terrorist Activity Respond to Threats, Disruptions, or other Unlawful Activities • Support the Mission The budget is organized and tied to the Department's strategic plan. Increases over the previous year can be attributed in large part to the following new requirements or cost increases: $8.1 million for Legislative Branch escape hood replacement $3 million for a new accounting system $1.82 million for infrastructure for the wireless data interoperability project $1.738 million for the 2005 Inaugural event security measures $1.5 million for new security requirements related to the new Legislative Branch alternate computer facility $1.2 million for guard services at the alternate computer facility. $1.032 million for FLETC proposed firing range usage fees $720 thousand for FLETC instructor contract support $625 thousand for inventory and logistics support for emergency equipment FY 2004 Operational shortfall of $12.7 million funded from the FY 2003 Supplemental accounts for the following increases: $6.12 million for Office of Information Systems annual operating costs |