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Montgomery County police report sustained response times but warn patrol shortages, overtime overrun and recruitment gaps
Summary
Montgomery County Police leaders told the Public Safety Committee that patrol remains understaffed, that available patrol capacity is reduced by light/no-duty statuses, and that the department has relied on overtime to maintain response times. The patrol analysis used CAD-derived workload modeling and recommended additional supervisors, master
Montgomery County Police officials on Monday briefed the Public Safety Committee on patrol staffing, recommended additional hires and described heavy reliance on overtime to preserve near-term service levels.
PFM and department figures presented to the committee show a long-term rise in sworn vacancies: "In 2020, the department sworn vacancy rate was less than 1%. Today, it has risen to roughly 15%," PFMs Seth Williams said. Patrol vacancies are higher: PFM reported roughly a 19% vacancy rate in patrol, and noted that when light-duty and no-duty statuses are included only about 74% of patrol officers are available for service at any given time.
How patrol measured workload: Assistant Chief Darren Frank described two years of CAD-derived analysis run through deployment software (Kronos/Corona-type tools). The software combines call counts, travel times, scene time…
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