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

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district determined by the base MAPP are equivalent to the 2013 patrol staffing levels within SAPD. Therefore, the base MAPP is an accurate reflection of the current conditions in SAPD patrol and the concurrent validity of the MAPP has been established. There is one caveat that needs to be discussed in relation to the current patrol staffing levels within the SAPD Patrol Division. Currently, SAPD uses detectives assigned to the Investigations Bureau to backfill positions in patrol to maintain minimum staffing levels. Detectives work a total of 68 patrol shifts per 28 day deployment period. The detectives work 10 hour patrol shifts. By totaling the hours across the 13 deployment periods per year and accounting for the leave rate, it was determined that the use of detectives in patrol amounts to 5 FTE of work each year. Since this reflected actual work time in patrol in 2013, the year of the base MAPP, these additional FTE were added to the authorized patrol staffing levels in each patrol district reflected in Table 9. One FTE was added to districts 1, 2, and 3, while 2 FTE were added to district 4 since it is the largest patrol district in terms of number of patrol officers assigned. For example, District 1 actually has 35 patrol officers assigned but one FTE was added due to the use of detectives to backfill patrol shifts. This equates to 36 total officers as reflected in Table 9. Why is this important to note? The strategic patrol staffing plan that is built in the next section is predicated on the assumption that the practice of backfilling patrol shifts with detectives will If SAPD discontinues the practice of using detectives assigned to the continue in the future. Investigations Bureau to backfill positions in patrol to maintain minimum staffing levels, then 5 FTE need to be added to the number of additional patrol officers recommended in the next section of this report. ЊЍ