The Number of Officers in the City are down to 883. At one time, we had 1047.
Calls for Service are up by 4000 for the first four months of the year for the same time period last year and 15,000 more than in 2012.
Self-Initiated calls are down 12,000 for the first four months of the year for the same time period last year.
"Self-Initiated calls are down 12,000 for the first four months of the year".
"Ferguson effect", being run ragged or something else? Would "self-initiated calls per patrol officer" + "calls for service per patrol officer" reflect about the same as last year?
Posted by: roy in nipomo | May 17, 2016 at 06:37 AM
@Roy,
Since the department is over 150 officers down and calls for service are markedly up over a four year period, officer do not have the luxury to self intiate calls. If they do, they may not have cover if something goes wrong.
Cheers,
RD
Posted by: RD | May 17, 2016 at 02:29 PM