WS - E - Analysis of Police Department Staffing

Figure 1: VPD Deployment and Main Workload, Weekdays, February 2012 16 14 12 Personnel 10 8 6 4 2 0 Hour 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 Adde d patrol Patrol Dire cte d patrol work O ut-of-se rvice work Police -initiate d work O the r-initiate d work FIGURE 2: VPD Workload Percentage by Hour, Weekdays, February2012 100 80 Percentage 60 40 20 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 Hour Other-initiated Most (+ Self-initiated & Out-of-service) Total (+ Directed patrol) Workload vs. Deployment: Weekdays, February 2012 Average workload: 6.3 officers per hour Average % deployed (SI): 46 percent Peak SI: 63 percent Peak SI time: 7:30 p.m. 16