Should be closer to 1 to 100. A large part of is overhead, desk clerks, admin, logistics guys, people like that. They all count as cops. And remember, they’re only working ine shift a day, most of the time they’re not working. And they usually end up in court for every ticket and arrest.
1:100 seems insane. I live in a community of 10,000 people, and we don’t have anything close to 100 people working in the RCMP. MAYBE 20-30, including support
I swear, some people have never met a societal problem they didn’t want to throw a cop at. Meanwhile we have more cops and prisoners per Capita than most of the world, funny how that works…
Serious question, what is the right number of officers for a city that size? 1 officer per 400 people or so doesn’t sound very low to me.
NOPD’s stated goal is 1600, a ratio of 1:227 persons.
The actual ratio is 1:385
Cleveland, similar in size to New Orleans, has a ratio 1:310. They also state that they are suffering from a serious police shortage.
By comparison:
NYC has a ratio of 1:166
Chicago 1:180
Should be closer to 1 to 100. A large part of is overhead, desk clerks, admin, logistics guys, people like that. They all count as cops. And remember, they’re only working ine shift a day, most of the time they’re not working. And they usually end up in court for every ticket and arrest.
So yeah, they’re understaffed.
1:100 seems insane. I live in a community of 10,000 people, and we don’t have anything close to 100 people working in the RCMP. MAYBE 20-30, including support
Just checked our major urban centre in Canada, and it’s around 1:450. As a comparison, that makes New Orleans (1:385) pretty well staffed.
Would be cool to find data covering major urban centres across the world for comparisons.
New York City has a ratio of 1:166
And NYC is wildly over-policed.
I swear, some people have never met a societal problem they didn’t want to throw a cop at. Meanwhile we have more cops and prisoners per Capita than most of the world, funny how that works…
I know more than 100 people and zero criminals. Somehow this math doesn’t math to me.
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