COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL OF POLICE DISPATCHING AND PATROL FUNCTIONS - INTERIM REPORT, DECEMBER 1972

• NCJ Number: 11527
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 45 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72205 (DC)
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Mathematica Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PREPARED FOR THE DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPT

Annotation

RESULTS OF ANALYSES PERFORMED TO PREPARE PROBABILITY DATA FILES FOR THE COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PATROL AND DISPATCH FUNCTIONS.

Abstract

THE PROBABILITIES ARE USED IN THE SIMULATION TO ASSIGN CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING TIMES FOR A CALL FOR SERVICE (CFS). A REVIEW OF HOW THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE IS PRESENTED. THE REPORT ALSO EXPLAINS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE DICTIONARY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHICH PROVIDES LOCATIONAL CROSS-INDEXING WITH CFS AND TIME DATA IN THE SIMULATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)