Study: New Police Officers Needed for Cafritz Population Boom
A Johns Hopkins analysis finds that Riverdale Park Police may need 11 new sworn personnel and 6 more civilian employees.
The anticipated population burst from the Cafritz project could require Riverdale Park to hire 17 new public safety employees, according to an assessment from Johns Hopkins University. The study, presented at Monday night's council worksession, looked at how the 3,000-odd residents expected to accompany the 36-acre mixed-use development would affect police staffing levels. Currently, the RPPD serves a population of about 6,956. When the site is fully built out, Riverdale Park could expect to see a 29 percent increase in crimes and 43 percent increase in service calls, researchers concluded. Administrative duties, code enforcement tasks, paperwork, and communications traffic are also expected to balloon. To meet that demand, the study found…
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Laura
6:00 pm on Monday, September 3, 2012
And where are the kids going to school? University Park Elementary School is already over-capacity and using trailers. The Cafritz family's throwing money at the problem won't help if there isn't a building to teach them in. Ill-conceived plan; using Whole Foods to seduce Riverdale Park into supporting a non-viable option. What possible grade can the MD State Highway Administration give the E-W … more ›