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• <br /> CALCULATING THE NUMBER <br /> OF <br /> PATROL OFFICERS TO STAFF ONE BEAT <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 /> _ �ber needed to adequately Gaff the force. <br /> %Vv,/2 AVAILABILITY FACTOR Hours/Year <br /> 849 Days Off (40 hours work week) (2oSa»6e Q 832 <br /> /0 Vacation (Patrol Officer average 11 1/2 days /year) /zp 91 <br /> 211 Holidays (11 day /year) 3 4✓6 - as, — .'o;T —i4** b - 88 <br /> Training wit. 6M3 <br /> 1 Tii g /4�'6� S AE'z o4F -u 225 <br /> '36 Sick Time (P.D. budget estimate) �Qz/6- / &t z9 /,4ct. 35 <br /> l % of 7 /TOTAL HOURS UNAVAILABLE FOR PATROL 4784+ <br /> ( 2:7/ <br /> 2:7 f z7/ <br /> When the figure 11071 is subtracted from 2, 920, the result shows that <br /> each officer provides % 1-89 hours on duty per year, <br /> g z <br /> To determine the number of patrol officers necessary to staff one beat, <br /> 7,JZ the figure 2,920 is divided by 178-49. The resulting ratio is —&V officers to <br /> staff one beat. /GS, / <br /> gi 7.60 <br /> When this figure is multiplied by the number of beats found to be required <br /> / 60 in the above calculations, based upon the current level of 18 beats, the <br /> result is thati officers are needed. <br /> C 6 Minnesota Chiefs of Police Educational Foundation 1998 ExecutiveTrainino Institute 25 <br />