Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2-1-1970

Abstract

This study develops a systems description of the information flows in the Cleveland Police Department relating to the Bureau of Operations. A suitable response and assignment queue is defined as a sequence involving the citizen waiting time from the observation of an incident to communication with police headquarters, a police dispatch queue, and a patrol assignment and report queue. A mathematical model for the allocation of patrol resources is developed so as to minimize an objective function based on patrol- response time and the values of different police services to the community. Recommendations for testing and implementation of the model within a single district, as well as suggestions for future projects, are presented.

Keywords

Operations research, Police patrol--Mathematical models, Police administration, Queueing theory, Police--Ohio--Cleveland, Police--Response time, Police--Evaluation

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 180

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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