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Deployment
For this study, we examined deployment information for four weeks in winter (February 1 through
February 28, 2015) and four weeks in summer (August 1 through August 28, 2015). The
department’s main patrol force consisted of patrol officers and supervisors and operates on
12-hour shifts starting at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The police department's main patrol force
deployed an average of 4.5 officers per hour during the 24-hour day in February 2015 and
4.6 officers per hour during the 24-hour day in August 2015.
The patrol force also included additional units, including traffic and multiservice officers (MSOs).
When these additional units are included, the department averaged 5.3 officers per hour during the
24-hour day in February 2015, and 5.6 officers per hour during the 24-hour day in August 2015.
In this section, we describe the deployment and workload in distinct steps, distinguishing between
summer and winter and between weekdays (Monday through Friday) and weekends (Saturday and
Sunday):
First, we focus on patrol deployment alone.
Next, we compare deployment against workload based on other-initiated calls for service.
Finally, we compare "all" workload, which includes police-initiated calls and directed patrol
activities.
Comments follow each set of four figures, with separate discussions for summer and winter.