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ag7l-mar 13-3 <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 /> total number needed to adequately staff the force. <br /> AVAILABILITY FACTOR Hours/Year <br /> Days Off (40 hours work week) 832 <br /> Vacation (Patrol Officer average 11 1/2 days /year) 91 <br /> lolidays (11 day /year) 88 <br /> Training 225 <br /> Sick Time (P.D. budget estimate) 35 <br /> TOTAL HOURS UNAVAILABLE FOR PATROL 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> Minnesota Chiefs of Police Educational Foundation 1998 ExecutiveTraining Institute 25 <br />