Resource Allocation, Deployment, and Scheduling Workshops

Resource allocation seminars are taught in an interactive workshop style. Each student is requested to bring a laptop computer equipped with Microsoft Excel and an external mouse. Over the course of four to five days, the student will build an integrated Excel workbook containing all of the necessary mathematical formulas to conduct a resource allocation study at their agency. Learn more ...

Police Resource Analysis

Many law enforcement agencies simply do not have the available time or skills to conduct their own studies. In other cases, they choose to remain out of the process to avoid any subjectivity on the results. We can conduct your entire study for you, returning on several occasions to review preliminary findings and final results. Learn more ...

Police Resource Deployment

Having the right amount of officers in the field at the right times are the first steps to improved efficiency. The next step is to place those officers in the right areas with appropriate beat designations so that the agency can maintain a uniform response time for calls-for-service throughout the jurisdiction. Learn more ...

Police Scheduling

For some agencies, long response times and call stacking is a consequence of inefficient schedules, not due solely to a shortage of staff. Too many agencies operate on antiquated schedules that no longer fit the agency’s workload curve. Overstaffing in the early morning hours leads to short staffing in the afternoon hours when call loads are at their highest. Etico Solutions has developed a methodology to staff your agency in a way that is most attuned to the agency’s workload curve. Learn more ...