Optimal Selection of Police Patrol Beats

Abstract

Dr. Phillip S. Mitchell is a Law Enforcement Consultant and an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at California State University, Fullerton, California. He is active in consulting, research, and teaching in the areas of mathematical programming and public systems modeling. Dr. Mitchell is an associate member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and serves on the Research & Development Task Force of the California Council on Criminal Justice.