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Officers Coming out of FTO – GREAT! Now, Where Should They Go?

There's a staffing crisis in policing. No one is disputing that. Agencies are competing for the few and far between that decide law enforcement…

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How Crucial is the Schedule to Staffing?

In the face of high attrition and low recruitment plaguing the law enforcement sector, the conversation frequently revolves around increasing hiring bonuses and bettering…

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2022 – Adjusting and Recalibrating

As 2022 wrapped up, a reflection on the state of police staffing gradually started to appear. Gathering insight on staffing woes from across the…

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12’s May Not Be the Solution You Think

Is attrition impacting patrol staff numbers? Are you operating with fewer patrol staff numbers than you have allocated? Is overtime in patrol increasing? When…

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How Do You Really Know How Many Cops You Need?

Law enforcement is now a data-driven profession, forcing agencies to provide statistically-defensible articulation for how many patrol officers are needed to maintain or reach…

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The Need to Recalibrate Staffing as Attrition Rises and Recruits Dwindle

To say that workloads have changed for patrol officers in the recent past is an understatement. For some, pandemic shutdowns altered which calls officers…

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Scheduled vs Actual

"Why are there so many overtime slips?" Lieutenant Harris asks Sergeant Frank. "It's been a rough month LT, remember my shift has been down…

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Counting Calls vs. Counting Time

Many decisions about staffing, allocation, and scheduling are made primarily on the CFS (Calls for Service) counts, and if time spent is included it…

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Impacts of Attrition and Juggling the Work Left Behind

In recent years law enforcement is being asked to "do more with less," and at the same time, more and more societal ills are…

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