Police Response Time
Safest City In America
Status Indicators: Proceeding as Anticipated | Monitoring Progress | Reviewing for Improvement | Information Unavailable
Status Indicators:
Proceeding as Anticipated
Monitoring Progress
Reviewing for Improvement
Information Unavailable
Please note that Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 refer to the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of the Fiscal Year. The City’s Fiscal Year runs from October 1st – September 30th and is denoted by FY. CY denotes Calendar Year.
The Sugar Land Police Department responded to 28 priority calls in the 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021. 22 out of 28 of the priority calls were responded to within 7 minutes (79%). Of the 6 that took longer than 7 minutes: -
- During one call, the caller gave a vague address, and it took Dispatch an extended time to locate the caller
- One call was upgraded to priority during the call
- In one call, the caller was in a moving vehicle; officers were on scene two minutes after vehicle stopped
- Three calls had delayed responses because of long travel times
Time elapsed between the receipt of a telephone call reporting a Priority Call situation by the telecommunications operator to the arrival of the first Sugar Land Police Department (SLPD) unit on scene.
Results are reported as the percentage of Priority Calls responded to within the target time of 07:00 (mm:ss).
Priority Calls: Air Crash, Officer Emergency, Assault in Progress, Burglary in Progress, Mass Casualty/Industrial Accident, Police Pursuit, Robbery in Progress, and Train Accident.
80% of responses within a target of 07:00 (mm:ss). This target time includes a target dispatch time of 01:00 and a target response time of 06:00.
A rapid police response to the highest priority calls helps ensure public safety and save lives. The response time target of 01:00 dispatch time and 06:00 response time represents a target close to the current level of service provided by the City of Sugar Land Police Department.
Contact Information
City of Sugar Land
2700 Town Center Blvd. North
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Department of Innovation
Contact (281) 275-2198
www.sugarlandtx.gov
[email protected]