Police Personnel Allocation Manual: Determination of the Number and Allocation of Personnel for Police Traffic Services for Sheriffs' Departments

• NCJ Number: 154017
• Author(s): W Stenzel
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 114 pages
• Contract Number(s): DTNH22-88-C-05016
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University Traffic Institute
• Sale Source: Northwestern University Traffic Institute; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Version S3.0; DOT-HS-807-787

Annotation

Intended for the use of sheriffs' departments, this manual presents methods of addressing two crucial resource allocation issues: (1) the total number of officers required to provide an acceptable level of traffic services and (2) how a specified total number of officers should be allocated by geographic regions or time periods to produce the maximum agency productivity.

Abstract

The staffing and allocation methods are based on a review of procedures currently used by State and provincial agencies throughout the United States and Canada. Individual chapters present an overview of the model, worksheets and instructions for a step-by-step process for determining staffing levels, and a worksheet for determining staff allocations over several geographic areas or time periods. Guidelines for using the manual, forms, and appended supplemental worksheet and tables. For the user's guide, see NCJ-154018