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Posted: 10/13/2015 5:08:26 PM EDT

In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Posted: 10/13/2015 5:51:06 PM EDT

[#1]

Per month, averages about a dozen each. Call related being the majority over self initiated.

Posted: 10/13/2015 6:03:25 PM EDT

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

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You only stumbled across one guy a month who had warrants?

Your disability retirement is from all that smiling and waving, isn't it?

Posted: 10/13/2015 6:47:55 PM EDT

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.
I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

You only stumbled across one guy a month who had warrants?

The only time I brought someone in for warrants was when I was charging them with something else. We never ran people for warrants on calls.
A warrant alone didn't count as an arrest for us anyway.

Posted: 10/13/2015 8:00:59 PM EDT

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When I first started I would get 1-10 a week, depending on call volume. Now due to a combination of rookieitis wearing off and new, extremely restrictive liability driven policy, I get 5 or less a month. Crime and call volume have been on the decline due to all the new proactive deputies and a more effective CID. Im sure crime will go back up once the scroats learn we aren't gonna being engaging in pursuits or performing traffic stops anymore.

Posted: 10/13/2015 8:50:57 PM EDT

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I just looked at the numbers for August.

Day shift average is 1-2 per officer per shift.

Night shift average is closer to 3-4 per officer per shift.

Which is really ironic because all day shift does is bitch about how many calls/reports they take and how busy they are, yet night shift averages way more calls per service, just as many reports if not more, runs more traffic and other self-initiated activity, and makes way more arrests on average.

If an officer is only averaging 1 arrest per month, they would have a supervisor riding with them to find out what the fuck they are doing for 12 hours at a time.

Posted: 10/13/2015 9:08:44 PM EDT

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I just looked at the numbers for August.

Day shift average is 1-2 per officer per shift.

Night shift average is closer to 3-4 per officer per shift.

Which is really ironic because all day shift does is bitch about how many calls/reports they take and how busy they are, yet night shift averages way more calls per service, just as many reports if not more, runs more traffic and other self-initiated activity, and makes way more arrests on average.

If an officer is only averaging 1 arrest per month, they would have a supervisor riding with them to find out what the fuck they are doing for 12 hours at a time.

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3-4 per officer per shift? Mind if I ask what agency? Thats a lot of policing to do in 12 hrs and still have to write offense reports!

Posted: 10/13/2015 9:42:00 PM EDT

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1-2 per day. The Downtown guys get that as a matter of course working the bar district.

Posted: 10/13/2015 10:03:07 PM EDT

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3-4 per officer per shift? Mind if I ask what agency? Thats a lot of policing to do in 12 hrs and still have to write offense reports!

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I just looked at the numbers for August.

Day shift average is 1-2 per officer per shift.

Night shift average is closer to 3-4 per officer per shift.

Which is really ironic because all day shift does is bitch about how many calls/reports they take and how busy they are, yet night shift averages way more calls per service, just as many reports if not more, runs more traffic and other self-initiated activity, and makes way more arrests on average.

If an officer is only averaging 1 arrest per month, they would have a supervisor riding with them to find out what the fuck they are doing for 12 hours at a time.

3-4 per officer per shift? Mind if I ask what agency? Thats a lot of policing to do in 12 hrs and still have to write offense reports!

Small-ish municipal agency that stays busy. It's not uncommon to have 1 or 2 arrests off calls for service (family violence or retail thefts) on top of any self initiated activity.

ETA: Last day I worked I had two arrests before 8:30 p.m. and I was doing everything humanly possible to avoid them.

Posted: 10/13/2015 10:17:54 PM EDT

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Depends on where everyone works.

Some might do 5-10 a year. Less than that if you discount getting called by the court to pick someone up there.

Posted: 10/13/2015 10:19:21 PM EDT

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You mean how many were convicted :)

Posted: 10/13/2015 10:24:42 PM EDT

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For those whom warrants counted, I can't be the only one who used to cruise the parking lots and check the guest registers at the town's multiple fleabag motels in order to hit the jackpot

Otherwise...mid-sized municipality adjacent to a large city, with only one 24/7 gas station, two or three guys on night shift, and I averaged about 5 a month.

Posted: 10/14/2015 3:16:23 AM EDT

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Working patrol and including warrant arrests.....probably 12-15 per month. Can be more and can be less...depending on the call volume.

Posted: 10/14/2015 3:24:15 AM EDT

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

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just did the stats for my shift, the average for last month, busy college town/ghetto (20k pop with 25k calls for service in a year) was 7 for my guys. That's above for average for my dept but not by much.

J-

Posted: 10/14/2015 11:50:21 AM EDT

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

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Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

Posted: 10/14/2015 11:52:53 AM EDT

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Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

Not to mention that once you hit the OT cap they're going to tell you to stop making arrests.

Posted: 10/14/2015 2:04:58 PM EDT

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It varies. The guys who work the warrants drawer with any regularity get arrests just about every day they aren't humping calls for service and have time to work the warrants
The guys who just answer calls, maybe one a week, not counting DWIs

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For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

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Livescan up or down?

Arraignment or appearance ticket?

Fast lawyer response to arraignment with counsel?

It all depends.

edit: other guys will cover your major calls while you're processing, but you can expect to have a few low level ones still on hold for you.
Dispatch may or may not be afraid to ask state zone cars for call coverage
Either way, as soon as you close out the call so you can actually write your report, most dispatchers will start asking if you can take calls for service
They absolutely forget that there's a report that has to be written, and it can't be written while the call is still active on the screen

Posted: 10/14/2015 2:43:29 PM EDT

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It varies. The guys who work the warrants drawer with any regularity get arrests just about every day they aren't humping calls for service and have time to work the warrants
The guys who just answer calls, maybe one a week, not counting DWIs

Livescan up or down?

Arraignment or appearance ticket?

Fast lawyer response to arraignment with counsel?

It all depends.

edit: other guys will cover your major calls while you're processing, but you can expect to have a few low level ones still on hold for you.
Dispatch may or may not be afraid to ask state zone cars for call coverage
Either way, as soon as you close out the call so you can actually write your report, most dispatchers will start asking if you can take calls for service
They absolutely forget that there's a report that has to be written, and it can't be written while the call is still active on the screen

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It varies. The guys who work the warrants drawer with any regularity get arrests just about every day they aren't humping calls for service and have time to work the warrants
The guys who just answer calls, maybe one a week, not counting DWIs

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For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

Livescan up or down?

Arraignment or appearance ticket?

Fast lawyer response to arraignment with counsel?

It all depends.

edit: other guys will cover your major calls while you're processing, but you can expect to have a few low level ones still on hold for you.
Dispatch may or may not be afraid to ask state zone cars for call coverage
Either way, as soon as you close out the call so you can actually write your report, most dispatchers will start asking if you can take calls for service
They absolutely forget that there's a report that has to be written, and it can't be written while the call is still active on the screen

Live scan up, and arraignment?

Low level stuff is fairly easy on arrest paperwork,and then we wait for ADA to draw the case up for you to sign. Usually 6-8 hrs after the arrest.

Posted: 10/14/2015 2:59:07 PM EDT

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Live scan up, and arraignment?

Low level stuff is fairly easy on arrest paperwork,and then we wait for ADA to draw the case up for you to sign. Usually 6-8 hrs after the arrest.

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We do our own paperwork
The tough part can be finding a judge to do the arraignment and assigned counsel to meet us at court

Posted: 10/14/2015 4:50:36 PM EDT

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We generally have between 2-5 per month, per officer, I would guess. Some may have more, especially the DUI specialists, and a few will have 1 or none. Small town with relatively low crime, mostly traffic and domestics for arrests.

Posted: 10/16/2015 4:17:54 PM EDT

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Most I've wrangled in a month is 9-10.

Typical is about 2-4.

Don't think I've ever had a goose egg month.

DUI's are drying up big time, UBER I believe has actually helped quite a bit.

Posted: 10/16/2015 7:26:24 PM EDT

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Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

FOR NEW ARRESTS: We come in, take/log property, mug shot and livescan. That takes about 30mins. If its a lodgeable offense then we run em over to the County jail (5 minute ride plus about 30 minutes for them to deal with the new intake). If its not a lodgeable offense they get kicked from our place pending a warrant.

WARRANT ARRESTS: Arrest on the street, transport directly to the county and hand em off and back on the street within 30mins. Warrant arrest reports are about 5 lines.

We work 12's and my best night was 9 arrests (combo of new charges and warrants). Finished up the in-custody paperwork the next night.

We don't have to do arraigments ourselves (we have a court officer) and all of our reports, prosecution requests etc are computerized and done via a secure server.

J-

Posted: 10/16/2015 7:52:08 PM EDT

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1 a shift is the norm. It dropped, due to staffing.

Posted: 10/16/2015 11:38:17 PM EDT

[#23]

Very informative, thanks for the input.

Posted: 10/17/2015 9:09:11 AM EDT

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DUI's are drying up big time, UBER I believe has actually helped quite a bit.

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That's an interesting theory

Posted: 10/17/2015 9:12:31 AM EDT

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I'm a cage kicker, I'll see on average 5 a day (8 hr shift) 11 to 18 officers depending on staffing. Mostly from calls for service or traffic stops.

Posted: 10/17/2015 10:30:45 AM EDT

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Warrant attempts about 5-7 per day. Actual arrests 1-3 per day.

Posted: 10/17/2015 7:49:04 PM EDT

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County agency with multiple contract cities with differing crime rates, so that had a little to do with it, but even so it was primarily driven by what kind of deputy you wanted to be.

I saw people that had been on for 10+ years and promoted with under 200 career arrests. Then there were stat chasers who arrested 2-4 people a shift for being under the influence of drugs or warrants.

Posted: 10/18/2015 1:40:42 AM EDT

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Working swings/graves if I wasn't in the double digits each month it's because I was slacking.
We handle everything that comes our way (DUI's, warrants, calls, traffic, etc). When you are't taking calls, you are expected to keep busy. Some guys chase DUI's, some hunt warrants, some look for drugs.
Booking for us is quite simple: intake sheet, probable cause statement, charging document, report, and done. Actual time spent at the jail should be under an hour. Warrants just get an intake sheet and no other paperwork. Time in/out can be 15 minutes give or take.

Posted: 10/18/2015 4:30:15 AM EDT

[#29]

About 5 a month in a town of about 20,000. However, I've bagged over 10 in one shift a few times due to festivals and stuff. The booking process takes about 45 minutes.

Posted: 10/18/2015 5:16:10 AM EDT

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I average 1 every other day. An arrest takes about 2 hours max at my agency. We transport to the PD for in house records booking and photos. If its dui we have to administer breath test which requires a 20 minute observation period before the test. Then we transport to the county jail which is about 30 minutes round trip. Approx 5 min in jail.

Posted: 10/18/2015 4:09:57 PM EDT

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3-4 per officer per shift? Mind if I ask what agency? Thats a lot of policing to do in 12 hrs and still have to write offense reports!

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I just looked at the numbers for August.

Day shift average is 1-2 per officer per shift.

Night shift average is closer to 3-4 per officer per shift.

Which is really ironic because all day shift does is bitch about how many calls/reports they take and how busy they are, yet night shift averages way more calls per service, just as many reports if not more, runs more traffic and other self-initiated activity, and makes way more arrests on average.

If an officer is only averaging 1 arrest per month, they would have a supervisor riding with them to find out what the fuck they are doing for 12 hours at a time.

3-4 per officer per shift? Mind if I ask what agency? Thats a lot of policing to do in 12 hrs and still have to write offense reports!

it wasnt unheard of for my team when I was on patrol. I would say an average of 30-40 arrests a month (actual custodial arrests, none of the cite and release but count the arrest)

Posted: 10/20/2015 11:58:50 AM EDT

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FOR NEW ARRESTS: We come in, take/log property, mug shot and livescan. That takes about 30mins. If its a lodgeable offense then we run em over to the County jail (5 minute ride plus about 30 minutes for them to deal with the new intake). If its not a lodgeable offense they get kicked from our place pending a warrant.

WARRANT ARRESTS: Arrest on the street, transport directly to the county and hand em off and back on the street within 30mins. Warrant arrest reports are about 5 lines.

We work 12's and my best night was 9 arrests (combo of new charges and warrants). Finished up the in-custody paperwork the next night.

We don't have to do arraigments ourselves (we have a court officer) and all of our reports, prosecution requests etc are computerized and done via a secure server.

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

FOR NEW ARRESTS: We come in, take/log property, mug shot and livescan. That takes about 30mins. If its a lodgeable offense then we run em over to the County jail (5 minute ride plus about 30 minutes for them to deal with the new intake). If its not a lodgeable offense they get kicked from our place pending a warrant.

WARRANT ARRESTS: Arrest on the street, transport directly to the county and hand em off and back on the street within 30mins. Warrant arrest reports are about 5 lines.

We work 12's and my best night was 9 arrests (combo of new charges and warrants). Finished up the in-custody paperwork the next night.

We don't have to do arraigments ourselves (we have a court officer) and all of our reports, prosecution requests etc are computerized and done via a secure server.

J-

The timing is unbelievable to me, due to how my agency does it. We have the body from the time he is hooked, until dropping him at booking. 3 hours for paperwork, prints, and pics. Then CB. If it's quiet, in and out in 45 minutes (just CB time). Crowded? Could be upwards of 4 hours. Your prisoner is sick? (Ie, has any medical conditions...HBP, diabetes, small laceration, psych or drug problems or just complains to not go to CB (even though everyone knows he is "playing the game), enjoy getting him cleared for arraignment at the hospital. Another 3-6 hours minimum.

Posted: 10/20/2015 12:04:11 PM EDT

[#33]

2-3 a night, weekends 4-5 is easy.

Posted: 10/20/2015 12:06:17 PM EDT

[#34]

1-5 daily, depends if calls are holding..

I have seen 10-20 per day in sweeps.

Posted: 10/20/2015 9:34:11 PM EDT

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The timing is unbelievable to me, due to how my agency does it. We have the body from the time he is hooked, until dropping him at booking. 3 hours for paperwork, prints, and pics. Then CB. If it's quiet, in and out in 45 minutes (just CB time). Crowded? Could be upwards of 4 hours. Your prisoner is sick? (Ie, has any medical conditions...HBP, diabetes, small laceration, psych or drug problems or just complains to not go to CB (even though everyone knows he is "playing the game), enjoy getting him cleared for arraignment at the hospital. Another 3-6 hours minimum.

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

FOR NEW ARRESTS: We come in, take/log property, mug shot and livescan. That takes about 30mins. If its a lodgeable offense then we run em over to the County jail (5 minute ride plus about 30 minutes for them to deal with the new intake). If its not a lodgeable offense they get kicked from our place pending a warrant.

WARRANT ARRESTS: Arrest on the street, transport directly to the county and hand em off and back on the street within 30mins. Warrant arrest reports are about 5 lines.

We work 12's and my best night was 9 arrests (combo of new charges and warrants). Finished up the in-custody paperwork the next night.

We don't have to do arraigments ourselves (we have a court officer) and all of our reports, prosecution requests etc are computerized and done via a secure server.

J-

The timing is unbelievable to me, due to how my agency does it. We have the body from the time he is hooked, until dropping him at booking. 3 hours for paperwork, prints, and pics. Then CB. If it's quiet, in and out in 45 minutes (just CB time). Crowded? Could be upwards of 4 hours. Your prisoner is sick? (Ie, has any medical conditions...HBP, diabetes, small laceration, psych or drug problems or just complains to not go to CB (even though everyone knows he is "playing the game), enjoy getting him cleared for arraignment at the hospital. Another 3-6 hours minimum.

Our jail will typically take people who are "sick" as long as they are not actively having a heart attack or something major as they have medical staff 24/7. We get fast tracked at the hospital if needed and rarely have to be there longer than a couple of hours at most.

So just for a example. I'm a road Sgt but ended up taking an in progress domestic the other night because we were slammed. From Dispatched time, to taking the report, arresting and booking the suspect (typical no issue arrest) , writing the report and sending it to the prosecutor via secure electronic server it took me 2 hours.

Now I have been doing this for 20 years so my reports are very streamlined, non-BS etc and I can fill out the DV stuff in my sleep.

Again we have a court officer that handles all the swearing to/signing of complaints and there is no Prosecutor or Defense attorney involved in the arraigments the next day.

The next time I have to do ANYTHING with the case is when I get a court notice I have to notify victims/witnesses etc and then appear at Trial.

This is how EVERY Dept in my county is currently doing incustody, new charge arrests.

The DV's take the longest due to additional paperwork. Anything else (dependent on how fast you are with paperwork) takes roughly 1/2 that amount of time.

I guess some places just work differently than others, lol.

J-

Posted: 10/21/2015 11:20:51 AM EDT

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5-7 a month. Mostly shopliftings from Walmart, Home Depot, TJ Maxx.

Posted: 10/22/2015 7:56:06 PM EDT

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I'm the only guy on my department to ever break 100 in a month. I had 816 adult arrests that year, 60 some juvenile. I was in OT, and Court OT all the time. I couldn't physically do it anymore, I average about 35 a month now. Still way higher than the rest of the department. most guys get 20 if they are lucky.

Posted: 10/22/2015 8:33:53 PM EDT

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The timing is unbelievable to me, due to how my agency does it. We have the body from the time he is hooked, until dropping him at booking. 3 hours for paperwork, prints, and pics. Then CB. If it's quiet, in and out in 45 minutes (just CB time). Crowded? Could be upwards of 4 hours. Your prisoner is sick? (Ie, has any medical conditions...HBP, diabetes, small laceration, psych or drug problems or just complains to not go to CB (even though everyone knows he is "playing the game), enjoy getting him cleared for arraignment at the hospital. Another 3-6 hours minimum.

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We do our own bookings and arraignments.
Arraignments are now with counsel which means that you have to wait for a lawyer to show up at court in the middle of the night
Hours. It takes hours.
Don't have all that many pre-incarceration physicals that we have to jump through to get the jail to take them off our hands, thankfully

Posted: 10/22/2015 9:59:16 PM EDT

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We do our own bookings and arraignments.
Arraignments are now with counsel which means that you have to wait for a lawyer to show up at court in the middle of the night
Hours. It takes hours.
Don't have all that many pre-incarceration physicals that we have to jump through to get the jail to take them off our hands, thankfully

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The timing is unbelievable to me, due to how my agency does it. We have the body from the time he is hooked, until dropping him at booking. 3 hours for paperwork, prints, and pics. Then CB. If it's quiet, in and out in 45 minutes (just CB time). Crowded? Could be upwards of 4 hours. Your prisoner is sick? (Ie, has any medical conditions...HBP, diabetes, small laceration, psych or drug problems or just complains to not go to CB (even though everyone knows he is "playing the game), enjoy getting him cleared for arraignment at the hospital. Another 3-6 hours minimum.

We do our own bookings and arraignments.
Arraignments are now with counsel which means that you have to wait for a lawyer to show up at court in the middle of the night
Hours. It takes hours.
Don't have all that many pre-incarceration physicals that we have to jump through to get the jail to take them off our hands, thankfully

All of our arraignments have to be done with in 48 Hours of CHARGING. Arraignments start at 1000hrs every day for our court officer or designated day shift officer, if the court officer is off.

J-

Posted: 10/23/2015 12:34:11 AM EDT

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Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

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In your area/PD?
Regular patrol cop in a radio car answering 911 calls, no specialty units, task forces, etc.

I'd say it was a 1 per month average when I was working.

Still is. I average 2, but a differenT Bureau.

For the guys doing multiple a night, what's your processing like? My agency is usually arrest = OT. Chances of going back out after the process are close to zero.

For misdemeanor arrests we make the arrest, bring him to the station, intake process only takes a few minutes (property, suicide screening), put the guy in a cell. Write a report and type the charge/s and hand the booking into the desk Sgt. Our arraignments are done in the morning so they just spend the night in the cell (I work afternoon shift). Drug arrest will add a few minutes to field test and log into evidence. You can easily be done in less than an hour if you want to be.

Felony arrests are a different story. They can be quick too but the detectives are gonna interview people so it's really dependent on how many interviews and how fast they feel like working.

Posted: 10/23/2015 8:19:34 AM EDT

[#41]

A LEO buddy in Louisiana always told me almost everyone he encounters has a warrant on them. He does work a bad part of a Parish. He once took a whole entire family in as EVERYONE had 1 or more warrants....like 12 people

He made an arrest once a shift. Around here I would guess 1/wk for the dept.

Posted: 10/24/2015 4:23:20 AM EDT

[#42]

I work 13 days a month. Usually avg about 10-12 arrests per month. Depends on the season. Sometimes I might go a shift with none. Sometimes I might make 6 in a night. Assuming I wanted to self initiate I could probably tack on 1-2 more arrests per night from either warrants or DUI. Usually write about 15 traffic citations a month as well. 0 self initiated. All on crashes. Don't self initiate anything. Fairly high call volume as it is. In a 12hr shift I might average 20-25 calls for service.

Posted: 10/24/2015 9:41:23 AM EDT

[#43]

One per month is unbelieveable. The laziest guy we have makes more than that.

Posted: 10/24/2015 12:55:13 PM EDT

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Our Sgts. would have been thrilled if each cop on patrol made one arrest per month.

Posted: 10/24/2015 1:33:45 PM EDT

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I work overnights and unless I'm drowning in paper or just being lazy I average 1-3 a night, and I only count my proactive arrests. We don't count arrest's when we go to calls for service and hook people for whatever reason, only proactive arrests. My personal best was 21 proactive arrests in a 4 day period. Most the other guys on my shift vary from 0-2 proactive arrests a week. We don't spend much time at the jail unless we have a DWI. We take them in, log property, fill out booking sheet and then turn them over to jail staff who takes care of the rest. 24 hr medical staff on hand, so usually don't have to transport to hospital for clearance a whole lot. We do our paperwork/reports later on shift.

Posted: 10/25/2015 11:52:41 AM EDT

[#46]

Fluctuates with which shift, hours, and patrol area I get. I'm day shift right now so I try and get one per 12hr shift. On nights I was doing 3-5 per week, sometimes going as high as 10 in a fri/sat/sun period. Local PD in my town (4,500) can do 10 in a weekend between two officers, 80/10/10 alcohol/heroin/misc.

Posted: 10/25/2015 1:33:07 PM EDT

[#47]

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All of our arraignments have to be done with in 48 Hours of CHARGING. Arraignments start at 1000hrs every day for our court officer or designated day shift officer, if the court officer is off.

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No one goes to jail here without first being arraigned, unless its a handful of straight to jail warrants
As of a few months ago we can no longer do initial arraignment without counsel, which means not only are we dragging a judge out of bed for less than minimum wage in the middle of the night, we are dragging a lawyer out of bed who will be happy to charge the county $400/ hr for that 2 AM arraignment
Thank you very much NYC
Yet another reason for the rest of the state to despise you

Posted: 10/25/2015 8:14:09 PM EDT

[#48]

It varies. I've seen times that I would make five in a single shift then hit a slow spell where everyone was behaving and nothing for two weeks. Now, working traffic is a different story. I was assigned to chasing warrants and nothing else for awhile and I could get anywhere from three to six a day.