Green Bay Police Staffing & Facility Analysis

The engagement

What we did

The Center for Public Safety was retained by the City of Green Bay and Berners Schober Architects to conduct a detailed staffing and department comparison analysis of the Green Bay Police Department. The evaluation involved comprehensive research comparing the department with more than 20 other agencies across Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota. CPS created comparative matrices analyzing personnel allocations, job responsibilities, operational structures, and service delivery models across those departments, then benchmarked Green Bay’s current staffing and resources against regional standards. The principal challenge was developing meaningful comparisons between departments operating in different jurisdictional contexts while accounting for variations in community characteristics, service expectations, and organizational structures. CPS served as primary consultant, designing the research methodology, collecting comparative data from multiple agencies, conducting the analytical comparisons, and developing recommendations. The resulting objective data enabled city leadership to make evidence-based decisions about future staffing and resource allocation, and established the foundation for the city’s next phase of pre-design services, including a space needs study and master planning document addressing 5-, 10-, and 20-year planning horizons.