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TABLE 3-2: CFS Efficiency in Morgan Hill
Variable Description
Mean
Minimum
Maximum
Morgan
Hill
MHPD
vs.
CPSM
Comps
Population
67,745.7
5,417.0
83,3024.0
41,799
Officers per 100,000 Population
201.2
35.3
465.1
85.4
LOWER
Patrol Percent
66.1
32.4
96.8
71.1
HIGHER
Index Crime Rate, per 100,000
3,235.1
405.0
9,418.8
1,628
LOWER
VCR (Violent crime rate, per 100,000)
349.3
12.5
1,415.4
156
LOWER
PCR (Property crime rate, per 100,000)
2,885.9
379.7
8,111.6
1,472
LOWER
CFS Rate
1,004.8
2.2
6,894.2
503
LOWER
Avg. Service Time Police CFS
17.7
8.1
47.3
19.3
HIGHER
Avg. Service Time Public CFS
28.7
16.0
42.9
30.8
HIGHER
Avg. # of Responding Units Police CFS
1.2
1.0
1.6
1.4
HIGHER
Avg. # of Responding Units Public CFS
1.6
1.2
2.2
1.8
HIGHER
Total Service Time Police CFS (officer-min.)
22.1
9.7
75.7
27.0
HIGHER
Total Service Time Public CFS (officer-min.)
48.0
23.6
84.0
55.4
HIGHER
Workload Percent Weekdays Winter
26.6
5.0
65.0
41.0
HIGHER
Workload Percent Weekends Winter
28.4
4.0
68.0
39.0
HIGHER
Workload Percent Weekdays Summer
28.7
6.0
67.0
53.0
HIGHER
Workload Percent Weekends Summer
31.8
5.0
69.0
57.0
HIGHER
Average Response Time Winter
11.0
3.1
26.9
17.3
HIGHER
Average Response Time Summer
11.2
2.4
26.0
21.4
HIGHER
High Priority Response Time
5.0
3.2
13.1
7.6
HIGHER
Patrol Deployment and Staffing
Uniformed patrol is considered the “backbone” of American policing. Bureau of Justice Statistics
indicate that more than 95 percent of police departments in the U.S. in the same size category as the
Morgan Hill Police Department provide uniformed patrol. Officers assigned to this important
function are the most visible members of the department and command the largest share of
resources committed by the department. Proper allocation of these resources is critical in order to
have officers available to respond to calls for service and provide law enforcement services to the
public.
Deployment
Although some police administrators suggest that there are national standards for the number of
officers per thousand residents that a department should employ, that is not the case. The
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) states that ready-made, universally applicable