WS - E - Analysis of Police Department Staffing

August. These peak workload demands are listed in the left portion of the table and are presented for each hour of the day. For example, at midnight during the week in February, total workload demand for police service in the VPD was 4.17 police-hours. In other words, through citizen- initiated CFS, self-initiated activities by VPD officers, and out-of-service requirements, 4.17 hours of time were expended at that hour. Inspection of the table indicates that demand for services, or total workload, decreases as the night progresses and hits a low point around 6:00 a.m. The workload then increases throughout the day. The second through fifth columns of the table represent workload demands for weekdays and weekends in February and weekdays and weekends in August, respectively. Workload patterns are slightly different on weekends in August, but the general peak load pattern appears in each column. To staff appropriately, ICMA recommends that the peak workload at each individual hour during the day be considered. The column in Table 3 labeled "Peak Workload," represents the highest workload observed during that hour in any one of the four periods (weekends/weekdays in February/August). For example, looking at the 12:00 a.m. hour, the peak workload was 7.52 police-hours in weekends in August. The “Peak Workload” column, therefore, is constructed by selecting the highest workload figure from any of the four 24-hour time periods in the table. 18