The ideal police/citizen ratio is a myth: there is no ideal number of patrol officers or investigators. The Law Enforcement Efficiency Suite featuring AMPand AMI moves discussion of police staffing needs from a meaningless comparison of police/citizen ratios (this is how many officers our neighboring departments have) to a realistic needs assessment (this is how many officers are required to meet specified levels of citizen service). Just specify patrol and investigative quantifiedgoals, and LEES computes the number of officers or detectives required in order to meet those goals.
Quantified goals are measurable performance objectives. For Patrol this includes response time by call priority, desired visibility expressed as specified drive-by frequencies for arterial and residential streets, proactive patrol in minutes per hour, and many others. If something cannot be quantified, it cannot be measured; AMP translates community service goals into measurable patrol performance objectives.
With investigations the principle is the same: no ideal number of detectives exists. AMI specifies investigative effort in average minutes per case, using 27 offense categories. Each category allows the agency to stipulate current-versus-desirable minutes per case using four clearance status descriptors – no suspect information, some identifying leads, suspect known but at large, and suspect in custody. Time is also allocated for public order investigations and non-criminal CID tasks (runaways, abandoned vehicles, etc.). With AMI, investigative staffing rationale goes well beyond "all of our detectives are busy, we need more" to "our goal of increasing investigative time on robberies with some identifying suspect information from two hours per case to four hours per case will require two additional investigators."
WHAT LEES CAN DO FOR YOU
With your new software you will be able to use AMP and AMI to run simulations and test multiple scenarios, and thus develop allocation models keyed to a variety of deployment contingencies, strategies and objectives.
Using objectives and data you specify, the allocation package generates a PowerPoint®report suitable for presentation to city government to effectively communicate findings and impact on department organizational staffing.
At a small fraction of the cost of one officer for one year, protect your department and community from crippling and sweeping budget reductions which can easily occur without full consideration of staffing and performance ramifications.
The formulas are complex:
TOTAL CASE MAN HOURS SPENT ON ALL CASES UNDER INVESTIGATION =IF(Q173="",IF(Z173="",IF(AND(Z183="",SUM(Q183:Q188)=0),IF(AND(H173="",SUM(H174:H178)=0),IF(AND(SUM(Q1 74:Q178)=0,SUM(Z174:Z178)=0,SUM(Z184:Z188)=0),IF(OR(P182="",P182=0),TEXT(CompiledData!G37*VALUE(Y$11),"0.0 "),TEXT(P182,"0.0")),TEXT(VALUE(P174)+VALUE(P175)+VALUE(P176)+VALUE(P177)+VALUE(P178),"0.0")),TEXT(G173 *Y173,"0.0")),TEXT(G173*Y183,"0.0")),TEXT(G173*Y173,"0.0")),Q173)
…But the answers are clear.
Your Allocation Package Includes:
Software for both Patrol andInvestigations
A comprehensive suite of 6 complex departmental reports
Models projecting the staffing required to meet quantified performance goals
Unlimited conceptual and technical assistance in employing all the products
An extensive manual describing the methodology you should follow and directions for using the software
24 months of unlimited upgrades
A PowerPoint® presentation designed for City Council using graphs that update automatically as you change your goals, priorities, and current situation
Results based on your department’s policing philosophy, policies, and data
