WS - E - Analysis of Police Department Staffing

Table 5: Projected Saturation Index at Peak Demand with 15/18 Shift Staffing Time Assigned On-Duty Peak SI 12 AM 15 12 7.52 62.7 1 AM 15 12 7.12 59.3 2 AM 15 12 7.57 63.1 3 AM 15 12 5.67 47.3 4 AM 15 12 4.71 39.3 5 AM 15 12 4.82 40.2 6 AM 18 14 3.94 28.1 7 AM 18 14 7.59 54.2 8 AM 18 14 6.75 48.2 9 AM 18 14 6.65 47.5 10 AM 18 14 7.03 50.2 11 AM 18 14 7.75 55.4 12 PM 18 14 8.38 59.9 1 PM 18 14 8.28 59.2 2 PM 18 14 8.45 60.3 3 PM 18 14 8.97 64.1 4 PM 18 14 7.78 55.6 5 PM 18 14 6.02 43.0 6 PM 15 15 5.61 37.4 7 PM 15 15 7.40 49.3 8 PM 15 15 7.17 47.8 9 PM 15 15 6.52 43.5 10 PM 15 15 6.54 43.6 11 PM 15 15 6.76 45.1 Average 50.2 No schedule is perfect, and the sample schedule provided is no exception. Pulling all of these factors together, it is possible to reconfigure the patrol staffing for the patrol division. In this example, the patrol division in the VPD would be staffed with one captain, four lieutenants, eight sergeants, and sixty-six police officers (Table 6). 24