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Travel-Time Analysis of New York City Police Patrol Cars

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  • Richard C. Larson

    (ENFORTH Corporation, 929 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E40-159, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139)

  • Thomas F. Rich

    (ENFORTH Corporation, 929 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139)

Abstract

Radio-monitored patrol (RMP) cars in the New York City Police Department patrol and respond to calls for service (CFS) throughout the city. The initial phase of an on-going attempt to improve productivity in the department consisted of a comprehensive quantitatively based study of RMP car practices. One aspect focused on the effect on travel times to CFS of alternative RMP patrol and response strategies. The hypercube queueing model, a public domain patrol car allocation model, was used to predict the consequences of these new strategies for particular neighborhoods in Eastern Queens and Lower Manhattan. A somewhat surprising finding from the analysis is that increasing the potential service areas of RMP cars need not result in an increase in travel times.

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  • Richard C. Larson & Thomas F. Rich, 1987. "Travel-Time Analysis of New York City Police Patrol Cars," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 17(2), pages 15-20, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:17:y:1987:i:2:p:15-20
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.17.2.15
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