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expected that knowledge of these optimal policies will have implications for the allocation of money between police, courts and …
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--the design of service areas for police mobile units. Estimates of the performance of alternative designs are given by existing … evaluated according to the preferences for efficiency and equality of service of three interest groups: citizens, police, and …
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A computer program has been designed for specifying the number of police patrol cars that should be on duty in each …
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assumed that Sethi's concave thief, i.e., a risk-averter, plays against the police, whose objective function incorporates … the case in Sethi's model) but also by the instrumental variable of the police, namely its rate of law enforcement. Our … police increases monotonically whereas for the Nash-optimal pilfering rate three cases may be characterized in which increase …
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This paper presents an algorithm for deploying a crime directed patrol force. The optimization problem is formulated as the allocation of N patrol among R high crime regions so as to maximize the weighted probability of a patrol intercept of a crime. The algorithm has full sensitivity analysis...
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In many cities, a substantial fraction of calls for police service require more than one patrol car. We compare Green …
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One of the primary concerns of urban police departments is the effective use of patrol cars. In large cities, police … assigned to patrol cars typically account for more than 50% of total police manpower and their allocation has become … particularly crucial in light of recent fiscal cutbacks. The police patrol system is a complex multi-server queueing system, and …
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Before designing a computer program for allocating police patrol cars by time and geography, a review was undertaken of …
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This paper develops a method for comparing the cost effectiveness of two ways of improving the fire protection in a community: the installation of detection-alarm systems (DAS) in dwellings and the addition of fire companies. The method is developed from a number of relatively simple models and...
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Municipal decision-makers face the difficult task of determining the amount of funds to be allocated for fire department services. This decision affects both the insurance class of the city and the total cost of fire protection. Total fire protection cost is the sum of the tax dollars spent for...
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