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DATE: ~-11-90 TO: CHIEF AUSPOS FROM: ARNESON SUBJECT: MANPOWER STUDY Per your note concerning the manpower study for 1990 and 1991 I made several reports since our last study covered 1987 and a portion of 1988. ~ull year reports are now available for 1987, 1988 and 1989. Since 1990 is not complete I used the portion from 1-1-90 to 5-31-90. I also made reports for 1987, 1988 and 1989 for the same time period. A report using the average of the years was also made. A report showing the increase in calls for the period of 1-1 and 5-31 from 1987 to 1990 was made. This manpower study is for the number of patrol officers needed on the street. This does not cover the detectives or other support personnel. As the report for 1987 and 1988 shows the manpower needed for the call load was at 9.04 and 9.58. For 1989 this dropped to ..8..~7. The average for all three years was made and this report shows that the manpower need is 9.06. The current year, 1990, was not used in these reports as these were for full years. For comparison reports for the period 1-1 to 5-31 for the years frc, m 1987 to 1990 were made. For 1987 it was 6.67, 1988 it was 10.31, 1989 it was 7.46 and for 1990 it was 9.84. The average report for this period showed a manpower need of 8.53. There was an overall increase of 20~ for Calls for Service for the period of 1-1 to 5-31 from 1987 to 1990. This does not give a clear picture however as large increases in some area caused a decrease in another. The increases that take up the majority of the officers time are.. in' ~the Part I, Part II and Traffic Accidents. The growth in~ these areas were 25~, 62~ and 58~ respectively. Ali other calls for service had a growth rate of 21~ with arrests down by'21Z. The total time spent on ail calls increase by 47~ between these years. Using the average growth in'each category I have projected the calls for service for 1990 and 1991. Ail figures required for the report were averages of the increases from 1987 to 1990 for the period of i-1 to 5-31. The only figure that I did not show an in'crease-for was the arrest category. This was left at the 1987 level as the average was a minus figure but appears to be increasing or holding its own. The formula shows' that the needed manpower for the patrol division will be at 9.87 for 1~90 and 11.27 for 1991 if the growth rate of the calls for service ~remains constant. With the increase of new housing in Ramsey these figures are not unrealistic.