Policing and public health calls for service in Philadelphia

Crime Science

Table 1 General CAD event categories with frequencies and equivalent officer shift activity time

Event type	Frequency	Percent	Officer shifts	Percent
Community	108,158	10.2	11,016	7.2
Crime	425,337	39.9	83,458	54.7
Medical/public health	79,211	7.4	13,097	8.6
Proactive	80,804	7.6	7,525	4.9
Quality	251,990	23.7	20,850	13.7
Traffic	119,944	11.3	16,690	10.9
Total	1,065,444	100	152,636	100

Note that percentages do not sum exactly to 100 due to rounding. A shift was estimated at 7.5 h (8 h minus a 30-min refreshment break)

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