NCJ Number
49835
Date Published
1978
Length
142 pages
Annotation
TO ENCOURAGE THE EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF POLICE RESOURCES WITH RESPECT TO THE PATROL FUNCTION, LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT EFFORTS AT PATROL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT ARE DESCRIBED.
Abstract
PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING A PATROL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS STUDY ARE OUTLINED, WITH ATTENTION TO PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS IN PATROL OPERATION ANALYSIS, A TECHNIQUE FOR STAFFING THE PATROL FUNCTIONS PROPORTIONATELY TO DEMAND, THE SIMI VALLEY, CALIF., POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKLOAD STUDY, A PATROL OPERATIONS OVERVIEW, AND THE USE OF DIRECTED PATROL TO INTEGRATE PATROL ASSIGNMENTS IN KANSAS CITY. THE CONSUMED-TIME METHOD OF ANALYSIS (BASED ON THE MEASUREMENT OF PATROL TIME CONSUMED BY CALLS-FOR-SERVICE, PATROL-INITITATED ACTIVITY, AND PERSONAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY) IS DISCUSSED, ALONG WITH HOW THE SAN JOSE, CALIF., POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLOCATES ITS MANPOWER RESOURCE TO EACH OF THREE 10-HOUR SHIFTS. THE SIMI VALLEY APPROACH TO CONSUMED-TIME ANALYSIS IS DETAILED, FOLLOWED BY AN OVERVIEW OF THE NORFOLK, VA., POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF AN INTEGRATED CRIMINAL APPREHENSION PROGRAM (ICAP), WHICH ENCOURAGES PATROL OFFICERS TO CONDUCT PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SCENE OF A CRIME AND TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL FORCE IN THE PREPARATION OF PROSECUTION CASE FILES. FINALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KANSAS CITY DIRECTED PATROL PROGRAM IS EXAMINED; THE PROJECT USES UNCOMMITTED PATROL TIME TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLANNED SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED BY OFFICERS IN WHOSE AREA A PARTICULAR PROBLEM EXISTS. TABULAR AND GRAPHIC DATA ARE INCLUDED, AS ARE VARIOUS MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS. NO REFERENCES ARE CITED.