Staffing Study Services

The vendor is required to provide the staffing analysis will address workforce needs while accounting for demographics, structure, patrol and investigative response gaps, calls for service, attrition rates, and future staffing costs.
- The City has an estimated 413,000 residents and the department receives over 272,000 calls for service annually.
- The current rank structure of sworn ranks in order are:
• Officer
• Sergeant
• Lieutenant
• Captain
• Major
• Deputy Chief
• Chief of Police
- The analysis methodology shall include data collection and analysis, review of benchmark data collected from peer agencies, and recommendations.
- The study is to include an evaluation of current staffing levels against service demands, including peak and off-peak periods.
- Patrol Staffing Evaluation Factors
• Calls for Service and Service Time Variables
• Crime Reports
• Arrests
• Self-Initiated and Administrative Time Variables
• Response Time Variables
• Immediate Availability Variables (Priority 1 response)
• Community Engagement Variables
• Weights for Performance Objectives
• Accrued Leave
• Shift Schedules  
- Analyze the department’s rank structure and related staffing levels for the following staff positions and units.
- Patrol Supervisor and Specialized Units
• Patrol Lieutenants
• Patrol Sergeants
• Traffic Units
• Motors Unit
• K-9 unit
• Divisional Street Crimes/Investigations
• Downtown Impact Units
• Non-Sworn Report Specialists
• Patrol Hire-backs
- An on-site kick-off meeting, an on-site interim report presentation, and an on-site final report presentation.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: March 03, 2025