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Corporate Creators:
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Traffic Institute
Corporate Contributors:
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Computer Models Highway Patrols Law Enforcement Personnel Manning Requirements Mathematical Models Personnel Allocation State Police Worksheets
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1403461
Resource Type:
Manual
NTL Classification:
NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES;
Abstract:
The Police Allocation Manual (PAM) is designed to be used by state police

agencies, or divisions within those agencies, whose mission includes the

delivery of police traffic services. The Manual is designed to help such

agencies address two key resource allocation questions: 1. What is the total

number of officers (i.e., troopers, field supervisors, and staff and command

personnel) that are required to provide an acceptable level of service? and

2. How should a specified total number of officers be allocated by geographic

regions or time periods to maximize agency productivity? This version of the

Manual is derived from earlier editions that were based on a review of

procedures currently used by state, provincial and county agencies throughout

the United States and Canada. The framework and rationale presented in the

Manual are the result of a distillation process that identified the "best"

procedures, and then modified and blended those procedures into a comprehensive

model for determining appropriate staffing levels and deployment patterns.

This "Special Version" of the Police Allocation Manual developed for use by

sheriffs' agencies consists of four chapters and two appendixes. Chapter 1

provides a brief introduction to the purposes and uses of the Manual. Chapter 2

describes the PAM staffing and allocation model. Chapter 3 contains eight

worksheets, each with instructions, that provide a step-by-step process for

determining staffing levels. Chapter 4 contains one worksheet for determining

staff allocation. Prepared by the Traffic Institute, Northwestern University,

for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 90p.


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PDF
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:73e7cbef2ed7ab8eef060a35dc269b38e7397d7a9042c278d2104fa5f90a12bc
Download URL:
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12762/dot_12762_DS1.pdf
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