The following charts compare the activity of Randolph Police Department with Vermont towns of similar size populations, and provide coverage for their entire towns.
What we see are towns such as Castleton and Norwich handle more incidents per year than Randolph, and still manage to provide coverage for the entire town with just 4-5 officers. Hinesburg has a town population close to Randolph, with somewhat fewer incidents per year, and covers the entire town with 6 officers.
The total estimated annual call volume for Randolph town and village is about 3,000 per year. Why does the selectboard think this requires 8 full time officers? Other towns handle more incidents and cover the entire town with fewer officers. Why?
The selectboard seems to think that if Randolph adopted town wide coverage the number of incidents would skyrocket, and the officers would be overwhelmed. The data I see doesn’t support that conclusion. The call volume will remain consistent with past years.
We don’t need that many officers to cover the entire town if other towns are doing the same with fewer officers.
Below are spreadsheets used to make graphs:
2023 Randolph PD - Incident Category | Annual | Castleton Police Department | 2022 Activity |
Directed Patrol | 116 | Directed Patrols | 2447 |
Traffic Stop | 478 | Traffic Stop | 694 |
Citizen Assist/Motorist/Other | 120 | Citizen Assist | 124 |
Agency Assist | 126 | Agency Assist | 66 |
Suspicious Circumstance | 110 | Suspicious Circumstance | 140 |
Welfare Check | 52 | Welfare Check | 124 |
Motor Vehicle Complaint | 46 | Motor Vehicle Complaint | 121 |
Accidents - Total | 36 | Accidents - Total | 104 |
Alarm | 34 | Alarm | 57 |
Juvenile Problem | 34 | Juvenile Problem | 12 |
Total | 2366 | Total | 7208 |
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Norwich | 2022 | Morristown | 2022 |
Directed Patrol | 1291 | Directed Patrol | 190 |
Traffic Stop | 638 | Traffic Stop | 1145 |
Citizen Assist | 109 | Citizen Assist | 156 |
Agency Assist | 152 | Agency Assist | 297 |
Suspicious Circumstances | 112 | Suspicious Circumstances | 281 |
Welfare Check | 26 | | |
Motor Vehicle Complaint | 70 | Motor Vehicle Complaint | 342 |
Accidents - Total | 41 | Accidents - Total | 201 |
Alarm | 71 | Alarm | 162 |
Juvenile Problem | 10 | | |
Total | 3707 | Total | 5214 |
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Stowe | 2022 | St. Albans | 2022 |
Directed Patrol | 553 | Directed Patrol | 726 |
Traffic Stop | 1132 | Traffic Stop | 1296 |
Citizen Assist | 204 | Citizen Assist | 570 |
Agency Assist | | Agency Assist | 306 |
Suspicious Circumstances | 290 | Suspicious Circumstances | 608 |
Welfare Check | | Welfare Check | 350 |
Motor Vehicle Complaint | 265 | Motor Vehicle Complaint | 361 |
Accidents - Total | 245 | Accidents - Total | |
Alarm | 437 | Alarm | |
Juvenile Problem | | Juvenile Problem | 345 |
Total | 5487 | Total | 8994 |
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OCSD/VSP - 1 Year Combined | 2022/23 | | |
Directed Patrol | 93 | | |
Traffic Stops | 1239 | | |
Citizen Assist | 197 | | |
Agency Assist | 222 | | |
Suspicious Circumstances | 212 | | |
Welfare Check | 91 | | |
Motor Vehicle Complaint | 62 | | |
Accidents - Total | 98 | | |
Alarm | 109 | | |
Juvenile Problem | 36 | | |
Total | 3203 |
| | Village Only | | | | | | | Town+Village | Town+Village |
Department Comparison | Castleton | Randolph | Hinesburg | Hardwick | Morristown | Norwich | Stowe | St. Albans | VSP/OCSD | VSP/OCSD |
Calls for Service | 2022 Activity | 2023 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022 Activity | 2022/23 | 2022/23 |
Total Per Year | 7208 | 2188 | 1956 | 2526 | 5214 | 3707 | 5487 | 8994 | 3203 | 3203 |
Total Population | 4458 | 2102 | 4698 | 2920 | 5434 | 3612 | 5223 | 6877 | 4774 | 4774 |
Calls/Person | 1.62 | 1.04 | 0.42 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.31 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
Full Time Officers, incl. Chief (*) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 12 | | 5 | 7 |
Part Time Officers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | | 1 | 1 |
Calls/Officer | 14.42 | 7.29 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 3.48 | 9.27 | 4.57 | | 6.41 | 4.58 |
Hours of Coverage | 24 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | | 24 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
Days of Coverage | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Officers/1,000 Pop | 1.122 | 1.427 | 1.277 | 2.397 | 2.760 | 1.107 | 2.298 | | 1.047 | 1.466 |
(*) Proposed for Randolph FY2025 Budget | | | | | | | | |
| | Village | | | | | | Town+Village | Town+Village |
| Castleton | Randolph | Hinesburg | Hardwick | Morristown | Norwich | Stowe | VSP/OCSD | VSP/OCSD |
Total Per Year/1000 | 7.208 | 2.188 | 1.956 | 2.526 | 5.214 | 3.707 | 5.487 | 3.203 | 3.203 |
Total Population/1000 | 4.458 | 2.102 | 4.698 | 2.92 | 5.434 | 3.612 | 5.223 | 4.774 | 4.774 |
Calls/Person | 1.62 | 1.12 | 0.42 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
Calls/Officer | 14.42 | 7.29 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 4.01 | 9.27 | 4.57 | 6.41 | 4.58 |
| | Current | | | | | | Proposed | Proposed |
| | Town Wide | | | | | | | | |
| Castleton | Randolph | Hinesburg | Hardwick | Morristown | Norwich | Stowe | | | |
Total Per Year/1000 | 7.208 | 2.188 | 1.956 | 2.526 | 5.214 | 3.707 | 5.487 | | | |
Total Population/1000 | 4.458 | 4.774 | 4.698 | 2.92 | 5.434 | 3.612 | 4.167 | | | |
Calls/Person | 1.62 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 1.32 | | | |
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph) | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 12 | | | |
Calls/Officer | 14.42 | 2.74 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 4.01 | 9.27 | 4.57 | | | |
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| | Village | Town Wide | | | | | | Town+Village | Town+Village |
| Castleton | Randolph | Randolph | Hinesburg | Hardwick | Morristown | Norwich | Stowe | VSP/OCSD | VSP/OCSD |
Total Per Year/1000 | 7.208 | 2.188 | 2.788 | 1.956 | 2.526 | 5.214 | 3.707 | 5.487 | 3.203 | 3.203 |
Total Population/1000 | 4.458 | 2.102 | 4.774 | 4.698 | 2.92 | 5.434 | 3.612 | 4.167 | 4.774 | 4.774 |
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
Below are copies of town reports used to create the spreadsheets:
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