hours, it is common for myself (chief of police), the assistant chief, or the lieutenant to assist with calls. Below is an example of an ideal schedule. Table 4: Ideal shift coverage M T W TH F S S M T W TH F S S Officer 5:00 am—3:00 pm Off Off Off Off Off Off Sergeant 8:00 am—6:00 pm Off Off Off Off Off Off Officer 4:00 pm—2:00 am Off Off Off Off Off Off Officer 7:00 pm—5:00 am Off Off Off Off Off Off Officer 7:00 pm—5:00am Off Off Off Off Off Off
Officer 5:00 am—3:00 pm Officer 8:00 am—6:00 pm Sergeant 4:00 pm—2:00 am Officer 7:00 pm—5:00 am Officer 7:00 pm—5:00am Officer 7:00 pm—5:00am
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An ideal shift coverage happens when all officers are present and there is no scheduled time away for sick leave, vacation, training, military leave, or another type of leave. However, we have had a vacant position for the last year and one of our officers who graduated from the academy has been on disability leave, requiring the schedule to accommodate more single shift coverage. This also has resulted in more officers scheduled for overtime to cover shifts and complete required reports. From January 1 through April 15, of this year, our officers have spent 260.5 overtime hours, or about 74.42 hours per month for nine officers. Throughout the beginning of 2019, UPPS experienced unusual circumstances requiring overtime hours. The high increase of overtime hours was due to major events on our campus that mandated extensive assistance from all staff. During a “normal” month of activity, UPPS averages 31.5 hours of overtime. These hours exclude our three administrative officers’ hours and two officers who do not cover policing shifts. Overtime hours are required to conduct investigations or cover patrol shifts when officers are unavailable due to unanticipated leave for illness, bereavement, or other emergent scheduling conflicts. These hours also do not include our community outreach programs, such as RAD; nor do they include hours worked by our administrative staff when we are needed to handle calls and shift coverage due to an inability to have a minimum coverage level. As seen in Table 4, an example of our current schedule is adjusted to accommodate shift coverage deficiencies.
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