The problem with blogging, is sometimes you make a mistake, then do you erase and fix, or do you just note the problem? There was an error in my police numbers this morning . . . but the problem makes the point of my blog even worse . . . .
On my blog I said the number of commissioned officers was as follows, but that includes civilians as well . . . I grabbed the numbers from the wrong column, so I included the other numbers here as well – the first number here is the number of commissioned officers, the second number is the number of total personnel. I should have just told people to look at the link to appendix H, but some people don’t like that . . . lesson learned. Here’s the numbers, but of the compared cities 64% of them have less than 1.95 officers per 1000 or 18 of the 28 cities the police chose to compare themselves to.
Durham NC 2.44 2.90
Reno NV 1.61 2.47
Columbus GA 1.98 2.46
Orlando FL 3.54 4.95
Modesto CA 1.34 1.90
Huntington Beach CA 1.18 1.89
Irving TX 1.57 2.32
Yonkers NY 3.17 3.53
Tacoma WA 1.81 2.01
Des Moines IA 1.82 2.50
Glendale CA 1.16 1.72
Spokane WA 1.47 2.02
Grand Rapids MI 1.89 2.28
Shreveport LA 2.56 3.10
Richmond VA 3.23 3.80
Montgomery AL 2.12 2.97
Lubbock TX 1.43 1.70
Fort Wayne IN 1.84 2.43
Fremont CA 1.00 1.55
Madison WI 1.76 2.14
Scotsdale AZ 1.66 2.76
Rochester NY 3.12 3.87
Garland TX 1.25 1.79
Lincoln NE 1.35 1.82
Glendale AZ 1.42 1.98
Plano TX 1.41 2.03
Baton Rouge LA 2.62 3.34
Greensboro NC 2.09 2.85
I’d have to check on the number of civilians at the UW and Capitol Police, but I thought I should fix the numbers as soon as I was made aware of the problem.
