Police Allocation Manual: Determination of the Number and Allocation of Personnel for Patrol and Traffic Services for Municipal Law Enforcement Agencies. Version M3.0

The Police Allocation Manual (PAM) is designed to be used by municipal police agencies whose mission includes the delivery of patrol and traffic services. The Manual may be used to determine staffing levels for a traffic division with limited patrol coverage or for a patrol division with traffic responsibilities. This version of the Manual is derived from earlier editions that were based on a review of procedures currently used by state and sheriffs' departments throughout the United States and Canada. It is anticipated that the Manual will provide both immediate and long-range benefits. How to Use the Manual Version M3.0 of the Police Allocation Manual consists of four chapters and one appendix. Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the purposes and uses of the Manual. Chapter 2 describes the PAM patrol staffing and allocation model. Chapter 3 contains eight worksheets, each with instructions that provide a step-by-step process for determining patrol staffing levels. Chapter 4 contains one worksheet for determining patrol staffing allocations over several geographic areas or time periods. Appendix A contains worksheets that can be used as alternatives to the procedures presented in Section 5.2 in Chapter 3.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/19000/19500/19519/PB2002107511.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Northwestern University, Evanston

  Traffic Institute, 405 Church Street
  Evanston, IL  United States  60208

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1993-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 153p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Cities and towns; Data collection; Law enforcement personnel; Manuals; Police departments; Police operations; Police patrol; Resource allocation; Traffic patrol
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103684
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTNH-22-88-C-05051
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 27 2008 11:50AM