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<br />Attachment B-3 of 3 <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />CALCULATING THE NUMBER <br />OF <br />PATROL OFFICERS TO STAFF ONE BEAT <br /> <br />To determine the number of patrol officers necessary to cover a single <br />beat, we must subtract the number of hours an officer is unavailable for <br />duty, because of days off, vacation, holidays, sick leave, etc. from 2920 (8 <br />hours per day x 365 days = 2920). The remaining hours represent the net <br />hours an officer is actually available for patrol. That figure can then be <br />used to calculate the number of officers required to staff a beat and the <br />total number needed to adequately staff the force. <br /> <br />AVAILABILITY FACTOR <br />Days Off (40 hours work week) <br />Vacation (Patrol Officer average 11 1/2 days/year) <br />Holidays (11 day/year) <br />rrraining <br />pick Time (P.O. budget estimate) <br />trOTAL HOURS UNAVAILABLE FOR PATROL <br /> <br />HourslYear <br /> <br />832 <br />91 <br />88 <br />225 <br />35 <br />1,071 <br /> <br />When the figure 1071 is subtracted from 2, 920, the result shows that <br />each officer provides 1,849 hours on duty per year. <br /> <br />To determine the number of patrol officers necessary to staff one beat, <br />the figure 2,920 is divided by 1,849. The resulting ratio is 1.57 officers to <br />staff one beat. <br /> <br />When this figure is multiplied by the number of beats found to be required <br />in the above calculations, based upon the current level of 18 beats, the <br />result is that 28 patrol officers are needed. <br /> <br />Minnesota Chiefs of Police Educational Foundation 1998 Executive Training Institute 25 <br />