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Again, the pattern is not unlike those found in other cities previously <br />studied. Police departments who have less than 40 percent preventive patrol <br />time find it difficult to accomplish many of the proactive law enforcement <br />activities. Because of the random nature of calls for service, officers cannot <br />control their time and with less than 40 percent proactive time, the time they do <br />have available is broken up into such small increments that nothing can be <br />effectively accomplished. For example, if an officer is trying to work on a <br />neighborhood drug problem, he may be dispatched on a call, clear the call and <br />try to make it back to the drug area, only to be dispatched again on another call. <br />Departments with 50 percent proactive time are able to accomplish many of their <br />community policing efforts. For purposes of predicting how many officers are <br />needed on each shift, a 45 percent proactive time was used in the patrol staffing <br />model. <br />Total Field Activity by Hour of Day <br />ao <br />7.0 <br />6.0 <br />5.0 <br />4.0 <br />3.0 <br />2.0 <br />I.0 <br />0.0 <br />^9`c e~c e9c o~a~ ^~6 ^ Q~` ^QP ryQR ~QC~ >Q~' ~QC~ eQ~` <br />6gF, '1~~, 0P4,, 9'D'- p'~' "QI, 'QI, "I, bQ', yQ~, <br />eIf b°l* h°e eF <br />Q~c Q~c Q~c a0P y06 <br />6 '1 9 p~Q~ pQ(~ ^ Ql~ n O ~2 ry0 'y0 <br />Page 26 <br />