PATROL FORCE ALLOCATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT - AN INTRODUCTORY PLANNING GUIDE

• NCJ Number: 34409
• Author(s): R L SOHN; R D KENNEDY
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 254 pages
• Contract Number(s): NAS 7-100
• Sponsoring Agency: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service; National Aeronautics and Space Admin
• Corporate Author: California Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS MANUAL PRESENTS METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND OPTIMIZING THE ALLOCATION OF AVAILABLE FORCES TO BEST MATCH THE DEMAND IN THE FORM OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH VARY CONSIDERABLY IN PLACE AND IN TIME.

Abstract

PREVIOUS AND CURRENT METHODS FOR ANALYZING POLICE PATROL FORCES ARE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED. THE STEPS IN DEVELOPING AN ALLOCATION ANALYSIS PROCEDURE ARE DEFINED. INCLUDING THE PREDICTION OF THE RATE OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF PATROL UNITS NEEDED, DESIGNING SECTORS, AND ANALYZING DISPATCH STRATEGIES. EXISTING COMPUTER PROGRAMS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, AND SOME RESULTS OF THEIR APPLICATION ARE GIVEN. THIS DOCUMENT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF FIVE GUIDELINE MANUALS ON MOBILE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATION, PATROL FORCE ALLOCATION, AND MULTICOMMUNITY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT APPLICATIONS. FOR THE OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ-34410, 32262-63, AND 28581. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)