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unlike other cities and shift change times are consistent with other cities as well. <br />Each shift has a low call period (early morning for day shift and late night - or <br />very early morning for the night shift). This low call period is common to all cities <br />and often needed to allow officers to perform necessary administrative tasks, <br />such as vehicle maintenance, jail and equipment cleaning, report writing, and to <br />conduct proactive patrol efforts such as neighborhood and building checks, <br />warrant service, and follow-up investigations. Differences in call load by day of <br />week are not significant enough on either shift to warrant alternative shift staffing <br />arrangements at this time. <br />There is, however, more to law enforcement than simply answering calls. <br />Citizens expect officers to patrol the city to prevent crime and maintain order, to <br />enforce the law when appropriate, to maintain traffic flow, and provide <br />emergency services. Officer initiated calls - calls and incidents which were <br />initiated by an officer's observation of a problem are part of the time committed to <br />preventive or proactive patrol operations. During the study period there were <br />19,083 officer generated calls, arrests, or traffic stops. <br />Officer Generated Calls for Service by Hour of Day <br />3.5 <br />3.0 <br />2.5 <br />2.0 <br />1.5 <br />1.0 <br />0.5 <br />0.0 <br />e0eF' ogc~ ^ c~ ^ Q.c ^QCC ryQP ~QF` bQF` ryQF ~QF` <br />^09~ n^^9~ ^ Q~ Q~, ryQ~, AQ~, p~, y~. <br />00e er, <br />^QC 9QC ~QF OQF' Qt~' ^ gF` ^gF ry9F ~gF` p~F ~F ~F` <br />6Q~ , ~QF n^ Qe /1 ~0~ ry~~• • <br />Page 25 <br />