Limitations Of Patrol Policing

The modern patrol allocation models have five limitations that has been identified, these should be used with current crime data to help determine the manning levels for different precincts First, the number of required officers that has to be assigned to a particular area by the model will only be as good as the results from that model (Fritsch, Liederbach, Taylor & Caeti, 2009, p.41). If the data is incorrect then the placement of patrol units will be incorrect. This is vital because the response times could be increased or even missed due to the incorrect allocation number for patrol units. It is worth noting that not all police departments fulfill their manning levels close to their budgeted levels, this is to lessen the impact of future budget cuts (Wilson, Weiss, 2014, p.99). Second, models do not actually show hard accurate data, they appear to only be estimates of the required manning and should not be used alone (Fritsch et al., 2009, p. 41). Professional inputs from experience leaders should also be considered when making manning decisions. Leaders will be able to account for issues that may not be accounted for in the models and will have more insight as to how their
Policing is thought and proven to be a dynamic system which means it adapts to cities and communities (Fritsch et al., 2009, p. 42). The attitude of the people along with social issues in the areas will affect how patrol officers respond to calls to service. If an officer receives aggressive and negative feedback the majority of the time they will more than likely respond in such a way. The number of calls for service will compress time needed to clear calls and limit admin work, and breaks as officers work to quickly clear calls. Quality of service can be jeopardized when officers are put in these dire situation ((Fritsch et al., 2009, p.