WORKSTUDY-A_SANTA ANA PD - STRATEGIC PATROL STAFFING PLAN - FINAL REPORT

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Strategic Patrol Staffing Plan: Point to Consider The strategic patrol staffing plan that is built in the next section of this report will increase the number of minutes per hour per officer for self- initiated activities to 15 minutes for each patrol district which equates to 25% of each shift. This standard fits with the norms established by the research team in prior staffing studies of between 25%-35% self-initiated time on each shift, fits with the long-established national standard of 33% of each shift should be allocated for self-initiated activities, and fits with current best practices in law enforcement. The MAPP also takes into account the administrative time an officer spends on-duty. Administrative time includes meal breaks, vehicle check/maintenance, briefing/roll call, shift preparation activities as well as end of shift activities, and paperwork that is not completed on calls for service. In order to build the base MAPP and replicate the current state of affairs in SAPD patrol, the total number of administrative activities performed by patrol officers and the average service time of these activities in calendar year 2013 were assessed and provided to the research team by SAPD personnel. The amount of time SAPD patrol officers spend on administrative activities within each patrol district is consistent; ranges from 7.76 to 8.64 minutes per hour per officer (see Table 4). The amount of administrative time spent by SAPD patrol officers is lower than expected in comparison to the experience of the research team while researching other agencies and in comparison to national norms. The research team typically sees values in the 10 to 12 minutes per hour range. Response Time Variables In order to determine the number of officers needed to meet the response time goals to calls for service, it is necessary to assess three variables. First, the response time values for SAPD must be established. Response times are based on the amount of time from the call being available for dispatch to an officer to arrival of the officer on the scene. Therefore, the response times include the hold time in dispatch while a dispatcher is waiting for an officer to become available to answer the call for service which is why response times are significantly higher for Priority 3 calls (see Table 5). The response time values in Table 5 were provided to the research team by SAPD personnel and are based on 2013 data. Second, the response time objectives established in the MAPP require that the size of the geographic area covered by patrol be taken into account. Since the modeling is being completed at the patrol district level, the area in square miles of each patrol district was used in the development of the base MAPP (see Table 5). В