You do the math.

Why is it that the public is continuously informed that there is enough manpower to cover the city's emergency needs if:

There are, according to averages, over 6,000,000 911 calls now per year;

The PCO1 (Calltakers) roster lists less than 250 PCO1s to handle these calls, and a few of those are detailed off of the Ops Floor;

Operations can hardly maintain the "stats" that management expects, even with the overabundances of voluntary and mandatory overtime worked by PCO1s and PCO2s;

And the Police Department claims to have over 13,000 sworn members, over 3,000 of which are in supervisory positions, to respond to the calls for service? And this number doesn't take into account those sworn members who are detailed to special units (or desks) and do not respond to radio calls at all?

We shudder at the thought of what would happen in a true emergency situation. Does anyone honestly think the city is prepared for such?

In light of comments posted, we would like to add that we think that the "As soon as resources permit" farce that we're told to pawn off on citizens when they ask when they can expect the police is ludicrous. It helps set us up for the inevitable CI numbers that come for Delay of Dispatch when citizens (and our own bosses) fault *us* for the lack of police manpower, and as a result, failure to help them get prompt police service.