Fort Worth Police Department Strategic Plan
patrol and engage within the same community to identify problems and then develop individualized strategies to solve them.
The police beat concept aims to achieve the following:
Reduce crime rates and the number of calls for service Identify and target local problem areas Reduce the fear of crime Provide a place where local community members can talk with police
For the purpose of the each of the following formulas, the beat concept, improvement of community relations and information sharing through increasing opportunities for interaction between officers and residents, equals ensuring that FWPD department staffs each beat during every police work shift. In 2016, there are 81 total beats, requiring 718 patrol officers and 103 sergeants. When the Sixth Patrol Division becomes operational, there will be an additional six beats added, totaling 87 citywide beats. This will require 771 patrol officers and 110 sergeants, irrespective of specialized NPO assignments.
Beat Coverage Formula
The beat coverage calculation is the number of beats x 14,600 (number of hours required to cover four 10-hour patrol shifts 365 days a year) / 1,648 (average number of regular hours per officer per year when accounting for show-up rate)
PERF Patrol Model
The patrol model used in the 2014 PERF Staffing Study consists of a workload analysis of patrol officers using calls for service data. The workload analysis determines the number of hours patrol officers exhaust when responding to calls for service. This equation compares the total number of hours spent responding to calls for service to the total number of hours available for patrol officers to perform activities. The department establishes thresholds for time spent on reactive and proactive activities to ensure that patrol officers have enough time to perform all required tasks, and considers unobligated time for self-initiated activities, community policing, and preventative patrol. An example threshold for time spent is 50% of an officer’s time performing reactive activities and 50% of an officer’s time spent engaging in proactive activities. A key difference between the PERF Model and PAM is the PERF model does not include the patrol interval variable; therefore, city geography does not receive consideration in the PERF model . FWPD patrols 333 square miles with approximately 303 linear miles of highways and interstates, 511 linear miles of arterials, and 3,233 linear miles of collectors and arterials. Providing patrol services and maintaining a visible presence throughout Fort Worth requires additional patrol officers and sergeants. The PERF Model simply examines reactive time versus proactive time, and fails to address these crucial aspects of preventive patrol. Analysis completed in 2015 using the PERF model shows 638 patrol officers and 91 sergeants are required when 50 percent of the average patrol officer’s time is reserved to
How Growth Affects the Fort Worth Police Department
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