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Calculating the number <br />beat: <br /> <br />patrol officers required <br /> <br />to staff one <br /> <br />To determine the number of patrol officer necessary to cover a <br />single beat we must subtract the number of hours an officer is <br />unavailable ~or duty because of days off, vacations, holidays, <br />sick leave, etc., from 2920. The remaining hours represent the <br />net hours an officer is actually available for patrol. That <br />figure can then be used to calculate the number of officers <br />required to staff a beat and the total number needed to <br />adequately staff the force. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY FACTOR <br /> <br />HOURS_~E~ YEAR <br /> <br />Days Off <br />Vacation (average) <br />Holidays <br />Sick Leave (average) <br />Training (average) <br />Total hours unavailable for patrol <br /> <br /> 840 <br /> <br /> 8¢) <br /> <br />1064 <br /> <br />When this figure of 1064 is subtracted from 2920 the result is <br />that, on the average, each officer is available for patrol 1856 <br />hours per year. To determine the number of +uil time officers <br />necessary to staff One beat, the figure 2920 is divided by 1856. <br />The resulting ratio is 1.57 officers to staff one beat. When <br />this figure is multiplied by the number of beats found to be <br />needed based on the current level of incidents, the number of <br />officers needed is established. This ratio of 1.57 remains <br />constant through all of the years and is not based on the number <br />of officers currently employed. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />