Police Allocation Manual: Determination of the Number and Allocation of Personnel for Patrol Services for State Police Departments (Special Version, September 1991)

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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:
  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
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• 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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1a96af32383f3b9faa62f0cdd8c56f28341f894570f282c14dd138b13d42f678d7cfff6f4f8f515154abc7252a7878314f122b6654df930c3eb9923e18d9eb5
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12762/dot_12762_DS1.pdf
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