PATROL OPERATIONS OF RED DEER RURAL RCMP (ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE) DETACHMENT

• NCJ Number: 31392
• Author(s): F R LIPSETT; A F DALLEY; J G ARNOLD
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: National Research Council of Canada
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; National Research Council of Canada
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

A REPORT ON A COMPUTER-SIMULATED MODEL OF POLICE PATROL DEPLOYMENT FOR THE RURAL AREA SURROUNDING THE CITY OF RED DEER (ALBERTA).

Abstract

THE MAP OF THE AREA PATROLLED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE DETACHMENT WAS DIVIDED INTO 62 SMALL AREAS CALLED 'ATOMS'. SOME ATOMS WERE TOWNS OR LAKES, WHILE OTHERS WERE COMPARATIVELY LARGE REGIONS BOUNDED BY ROADS. THE SPEED OF A PATROL CAR TRAVELLING BETWEEN TOWNS WAS MEASURED ON BARE WINTER ROADS. DETAILS OF CALLS MADE BY OFFICERS IN RADIO PATROL CARS WERE TAKEN DURING THE PERIOD 15 NOVEMBER TO 31 JANUARY 1975. IT HAD BEEN PLANNED TO SIMULATE THE PATROL OPERATIONS OF THE DETACHMENT WITH A COMPUTER, BUT THE DATA OBTAINED DID NOT PERMIT THIS. ALSO THE STYLE OF OPERATION OF THE RURAL DETACHMENT WAS SO DISSIMILAR TO THAT OF URBAN FORCES, OF WHICH SIMULATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, THAT A SIMULATION WOULD HAVE BEEN OF LITTLE BENEFIT. OTHER RESEARCH POSSIBILITIES ARE BRIEFLY MENTIONED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)