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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Randolph PD Incidents Comparison

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 CategoryAnnualCastleton Police Department2022 Activity
Directed Patrol116Directed Patrols2447
Traffic Stop478Traffic Stop694
Citizen Assist/Motorist/Other120Citizen Assist124
Agency Assist126Agency Assist66
Suspicious Circumstance110Suspicious Circumstance140
Welfare Check52Welfare Check124
Motor Vehicle Complaint46Motor Vehicle Complaint121
Accidents - Total36Accidents - Total104
Alarm34Alarm57
Juvenile Problem34Juvenile Problem12
Total2366Total7208
Norwich2022Morristown2022
Directed Patrol1291Directed Patrol190
Traffic Stop638Traffic Stop1145
Citizen Assist109Citizen Assist156
Agency Assist152Agency Assist297
Suspicious Circumstances112Suspicious Circumstances281
Welfare Check26
Motor Vehicle Complaint70Motor Vehicle Complaint342
Accidents - Total41Accidents - Total201
Alarm71Alarm162
Juvenile Problem10
Total3707Total5214
Stowe2022St. Albans2022
Directed Patrol553Directed Patrol726
Traffic Stop1132Traffic Stop1296
Citizen Assist204Citizen Assist570
Agency AssistAgency Assist306
Suspicious Circumstances290Suspicious Circumstances608
Welfare CheckWelfare Check350
Motor Vehicle Complaint265Motor Vehicle Complaint361
Accidents - Total245Accidents - Total
Alarm437Alarm
Juvenile ProblemJuvenile Problem345
Total5487Total8994
OCSD/VSP - 1 Year Combined2022/23
Directed Patrol93
Traffic Stops1239
Citizen Assist197
Agency Assist222
Suspicious Circumstances212
Welfare Check91
Motor Vehicle Complaint62
Accidents - Total98
Alarm109
Juvenile Problem36
Total3203

Village OnlyTown+VillageTown+Village
Department ComparisonCastletonRandolphHinesburgHardwickMorristownNorwichStoweSt. AlbansVSP/OCSDVSP/OCSD
Calls for Service2022 Activity2023 Activity2022 Activity2022 Activity2022 Activity2022 Activity2022 Activity2022 Activity2022/232022/23
Total Per Year7208218819562526521437075487899432033203
Total Population4458210246982920543436125223687747744774
Calls/Person1.621.040.420.870.961.031.051.310.670.67
Full Time Officers, incl. Chief (*)53671541257
Part Time Officers31200011
Calls/Officer14.427.293.263.613.489.274.576.414.58
Hours of Coverage241624242424241616
Days of Coverage777777777
Officers/1,000 Pop1.1221.4271.2772.3972.7601.1072.2981.0471.466
(*) Proposed for Randolph FY2025 Budget

VillageTown+VillageTown+Village
CastletonRandolphHinesburgHardwickMorristownNorwichStoweVSP/OCSDVSP/OCSD
Total Per Year/10007.2082.1881.9562.5265.2143.7075.4873.2033.203
Total Population/10004.4582.1024.6982.925.4343.6125.2234.7744.774
Calls/Person1.621.120.420.870.961.031.050.670.67
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph)53671341257
Calls/Officer14.427.293.263.614.019.274.576.414.58
CurrentProposedProposed

Town Wide
CastletonRandolphHinesburgHardwickMorristownNorwichStowe
Total Per Year/10007.2082.1881.9562.5265.2143.7075.487
Total Population/10004.4584.7744.6982.925.4343.6124.167
Calls/Person1.620.460.420.870.961.031.32
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph)586713412
Calls/Officer14.422.743.263.614.019.274.57
VillageTown WideTown+VillageTown+Village
CastletonRandolphRandolphHinesburgHardwickMorristownNorwichStoweVSP/OCSDVSP/OCSD
Total Per Year/10007.2082.1882.7881.9562.5265.2143.7075.4873.2033.203
Total Population/10004.4582.1024.7744.6982.925.4343.6124.1674.7744.774
Full Time Officers (Proposed for Randolph)535671341257

Below are copies of town reports used to create the spreadsheets:











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