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Chapter 9 IMPACT OF STAFFING DECISIONS <br />This Staffing Study has resulted in no recommendations for significant <br />changes in the current staffing levels of the Paris Police Department. Part of that <br />is due to the current CAD and Records Management system not being able to <br />provide specific data. But analysis has determined that the department's <br />operations and staffing is not out of line with other well managed police agencies. <br />In fact, the number of grant and fully funded positions is uncommon and has not <br />been seen in any other jurisdiction of this size. The current staffing levels have <br />apparently been arrived at through detailed study, analysis, and consideration by <br />prior elected officiafs. <br />Even with the current staffing appearing to be appropriate, the City may <br />stilf choose to make both funding and staffing changes. The impact of those <br />changes is addressed here. Typically, in most jurisdictions, when financial <br />difficulties beset a city and budget cuts must be made, it is left to the department <br />heads, who best know their operation, to decide where those cuts must be made. <br />Priorities, technology, along with personnel strengths and weaknesses, and <br />relative impact on the agency performance must all be taken into account when <br />making the decision of where to cut staff. <br />Impact of Patrol Staffing <br />A reduction in the current Patrol staffing can result in the following effects: <br />• An increasing delay in response to calls <br />• Fewer officer initiated arrests and citations over time <br />• Less follow-up activities on minor cases <br />• Less preventive patrol and community policing activities <br />• Increased overtime expenditures <br />Page 48 <br />