I am advised:
Local Area Commands provide a 24 hour mobile policing response to all those
areas within the boundary of each Command.
Local Area Commands are responsible for ensuring that there are always an
adequate number of police officers rostered on duty to match expected demand.
The appropriate allocation and tasking of policing resources within a Command
is achieved, on a daily basis, using the intelligence-based identification of
crime trends and "hot spots''.
In terms of the allocation of police resources across these areas, a range
of factors are considered to determine police strength, such as crime figures,
categories of crime, population and demographics, and these are reviewed as
changes occur to ensure policing meets demand.
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