The City of Austin seeks proposals from consultant agencies specializing in law enforcement organizations to conduct a patrol utilization study for the City of Austin Police Department (APD). The purpose of the study is to provide City Council and City Executives with recommendations for an innovative, sustainable method to determine current and future police department staffing needs. The study will: - Review current demand for law enforcement, including calls for service, investigative workload, staffing for special events, and utilization of support staff. - Review and describe best practices for police staffing that are used in U.S. cities with populations from 500,000 to 1 million. - Gather information on local community expectations regarding perceptions of safety, crime reduction strategies, community policing, and patrol utilization. - Recommend a methodology for the calculation of police staffing needs that can be updated and replicated by city staff in the future. - Provide recommendations regarding three to five-year staffing projections based on the community-based goals. The City is seeking a highly qualified firm and/or organization to provide a thorough and professional study. The selected provider must be able to demonstrate experience gathering information from police agencies. All products and recommendations stemming from the collection of information will become the property of the City of Austin and will be fully accessible to the public by virtue of the federal Open Records Act. The budget for the proposal shall not exceed $100,000. No additional specifications were given.
