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7 <br /> <br />Using the workload approach and taking all known fac tors into consideration, staff <br />outlined three staffing models that reflect different levels of staffing and supervision. <br />The first two models maintain our present policing philosophy while the third reflects a <br />major change in our approach. The models are an ideal model, the current model, and a <br />model that reflects reducing the number of sworn staff by 1 FTE. <br /> <br />Ideal Patrol Staffing Model <br />The ideal staffing model reflects the values and expectations of the citizens of Lino <br />Lakes. The guiding principles in the creation of this model are: <br /> The ge ography of the city mandates three cars on at all ti mes <br /> Activity/call times suggest maximum staffing from 1600 -1800 and again from <br />2200 -0100 making the 9.5 hour shifts the most feasible. <br /> To allow sergeants to supervise and attend to all other duties and responsibilities, <br />they should not be considered in t he minimums . <br /> Because of the training time and needs of the K9 program, the K9 officer should <br />not be included in minimums . <br /> Officers are expected to spend 1/3 of their time in problem solving and <br />community involvement activities. <br /> The school resource officer would supplement patrol in the summer as an <br />additional car to offset increased service demands during the summer months. <br /> <br />This model requires the following: <br />17 dedicated patrol officers on a 6/4 rotation , 15 on regular shifts with a day and night <br />power <br />4 p atrol sergeants on a 5/4 rotation who are not factored into the 3 car minimum <br />1 K9 officer on a 6/4 rotation that is not factored into the 3 car minimum <br /> <br />Three cars on at all times on 9.5 hour shifts results in a total of 36,608 work hours per <br />year with 12 ,202 hours devoted to community oriented policing and problem solving <br />activities. <br /> <br />This model would require that 4 officers are added to 2013 authorized staffing level; <br />which would bring the total funded staffing for patrol to 21 and the total police <br />dep artment staffing to 29. The curr ent financial situation of the C ity of Lino Lakes <br />makes this model unattainable. <br /> <br />Current Staffing Model <br />The patrol division is staffed at 13 patrol officers and 4 patrol sergeants, all on a 6/4 <br />rotation of 9.5 hour shifts. Sergeants and the K9 Officer are figured into staffing <br />minimums. The School Resource O fficer (SRO) supplemen ts the patrol division in the <br />summer to offset increased service demands during June, July, and August . This model <br />provides a total of 26,520 (1 ,560 available hours x 17 employees) hours of total patrol <br />hours not including any dedicated time for prevention and supervision, but it is assumed <br />that the 6,520 hours over the necessary 20,805 would be divided up into those activities. <br />Currently, the po lice department has fallen below the IACP recommended target of 1/3 of <br />an o fficers time spent on COP/POP.