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<br />Third, average response speed to emergency and non-emergency calls for service must be <br />determined. The response speeds were provided to the research team by SAPD personnel. The <br />response speeds are aggregate numbers for patrol so the same values are used for each patrol <br />district. The response speeds may seem low but they take into account the time in which the officer <br />must stop at stop lights (for non-emergency activities), slow down due to traffic conditions, as well <br />as other circumstances which cause the patrol vehicle to slow down. The response time data used <br />in the development of the base MAPP are presented in Table 5. <br /> <br />Table 5 Base MAPP Input Values for Response Time Variables <br /> District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 <br />MAPP Variable Westend Northeast Southeast Southcoast <br />Response Time for Priority 1 Calls <br />7.10 6.78 7.43 6.97 <br />minutes <br />() <br />Response Time for Priority 2 Calls <br />13.33 9.53 11.22 11.17 <br />minutes <br />() <br />Response Time for Priority 3 Calls <br />42.91 33.98 36.79 37.32 <br />minutes <br />() <br />square miles <br />Area () 6.95 5.43 6.82 8.35 <br />Average Response Speed to Emergency <br />30.86 mph 30.86 mph 30.86 mph 30.86 mph <br />Calls for Service <br />Average Response Speed to Non- <br />17.27 mph 17.27 mph 17.27 mph 17.27 mph <br />Emergency Calls for Service <br /> <br />Strategic Patrol Staffing Plan: Point to Consider <br />The strategic patrol staffing plan that is built in the next section of this <br />report will modify current response times by decreasing response times <br />to 5 minutes for Priority 1 calls, 10 minutes for Priority 2 calls, and 35 <br />minutes for Priority 3 calls. These response time goals are consistent <br />with current national best practices and with norms established in prior <br />staffing studies by the research team. <br /> <br />Immediate Availability Variables <br />It is critical for SAPD to have enough patrol officers on-duty to be able to immediately respond to <br />Priority 1 calls for service. In determining the number of officers needed to have an officer <br />immediately available to respond to an emergency call for service, two variables are taken into <br />account. First, the percentage of time an officer is available to immediately respond to an <br />emergency call for service was determined. As previously discussed in the Critical Issues section <br />of this report, in order determine the current status of patrol on this variable, the research team <br />ЊЉ <br /> <br /> <br />