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now believe every agency should create their own workload benchmarks, the <br />data necessary to do so is currently not available in the current Records <br />Management system. Other areas of the department was reviewed based on <br />experience in reviewing and assessing police agencies nationwide for <br />compliance with law enforcement's best practices. While the findings are <br />summarized here, they are discussed in detail in the body of this report. <br />The results of the patrol analysis indicated the department is slightly <br />understaffed in patrol given the total citizen generated calls for service and the <br />desire to have 45 percent of an officer's time available for proactive operations. <br />Currently, the model shows day shift patrol with only 18 percent proactive time <br />and night shift with 41 percent. The model used indicated nine officers needed <br />on both day shifts and eight officers needed on both night shifts. Currently there <br />are seven police officers, one Corporal, and one Sergeant. The two supervisors <br />can only account for .5 of an officer for staffing purposes due to their time being <br />spent in necessary administrative functions. Minimum staffing should remain at <br />six in order to properly respond to citizen's calls for service and provide <br />appropriate back-up for field officers. No increase in staffing is recommended at <br />this time however because of the estimation for some data in the model. <br />Although conservative estimates were used which are in line with other agencies, <br />accurate agency specific data should be used before committing to permanently <br />increasing staffing. <br />School Resource Officers are included in the Patrol Division. All six of <br />these officers are paid for by the school districts. They are clearly beneficial to <br />both the department and the schools. No change in staff is recommended. <br />Should funding cease for any of these position, an evaluation of the position <br />should be conducted before commitment to fund the positions with city funds. <br />The Criminal Investigation Division is comprised of both reactive and <br />proactive investigations. Reactive investigators handle cases that have occurred <br />Page 8 <br />