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More Than 350 Local Government Projects, in Every Region of the Country.

A selection from the record. Police departments and sheriff’s offices, fire and rescue services, 911 centers, emergency operations centers, municipal courts, campus police, and county justice complexes.

350+Completed local government projects
120Days to a delivered single-agency assessment
19Years in continuous practice
21States with completed engagements

Coverage

Where the Work Has Been.

Highlighted states are where CPS has completed work. There are twenty-one of them, reaching from Washington and Montana to Massachusetts, Texas, and Florida. The full record runs to more than 350 engagements across those states; the index below is a selection from it.

Map of the continental United States with states highlighted where representative engagements have been completed

Project profiles

The Engagements We Lead With

Each of these has its own page describing the engagement, the approach taken, and what was delivered. Each also appears in the project index further down the page, alongside the rest of the engagements listed there.

Plano, Texas

Plano Police Staffing Study

CPS produced a workload-based staffing roadmap for the Plano Police Department through 2045, projecting division-level growth from 675 to 772 personnel against a city population forecast of 326,000.

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Laredo, Texas

Laredo Comprehensive Public Safety Assessment

CPS assessed compensation, retention, and operations for the Laredo police and fire departments, benchmarking both against Texas peer municipalities and modeling five years of fiscal impact for a border city that also serves as the nation’s busiest inland port.

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Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay Police Staffing Study

CPS examined patrol, investigative, and communications center workload for the Palm Bay Police Department, building a phased ten-year staffing and civilianization plan from four fiscal years of dispatch data and a planning zone growth projection, then testing the result against a multi-construct peer benchmark.

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St. Cloud, Florida

St. Cloud Police Staffing Study

CPS prepared a workload-based staffing analysis for the St. Cloud Police Department covering five divisions, projecting personnel needs from 2024 through 2050 against population forecasts that carry 69,211 residents in 2024 to between 142,791 and 216,350 by 2050.

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Apopka, Florida

Apopka Police Staffing Study

CPS conducted a department-wide staffing study for Apopka’s police department, to identify where and when personnel growth would be needed in a city doubling roughly every four years.

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Deerfield Beach, Florida

Deerfield Beach Public Safety Assessment

CPS delivered an integrated staffing study, facilities assessment, and pre-design report covering law enforcement, fire rescue, ocean rescue, park rangers, and code compliance, with a three-phase implementation roadmap through 2031.

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Deerfield Beach, Florida

Deerfield Beach Public Safety Feasibility Study

CPS evaluated whether Deerfield Beach should continue receiving law enforcement and fire rescue services under contract from the county sheriff’s office or establish independent municipal departments, modeling both options on the same basis across a twenty-year horizon.

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Full index

Project Index

Filter by service line. Underlined entries link to a full project profile. Client names appear with permission and a number of engagements are not listed; detailed references, including client contacts, are provided on request as part of a proposal.

EngagementJurisdictionDiscipline
Police Staffing StudyPlano, TexasPolice · Staffing
Comprehensive Public Safety AssessmentLaredo, TexasPolice & Fire · Staffing & Compensation
Police Staffing StudyPalm Bay, FloridaPolice, 911 · Staffing & Deployment
Police Staffing StudySt. Cloud, FloridaPolice · Staffing
Police Staffing StudyApopka, FloridaPolice · Staffing
Police, Fire & Ocean Rescue Staffing StudyDeerfield Beach, FloridaPolice, Fire, Ocean Rescue, Rangers & Code · Staffing & Facilities
Public Safety Feasibility StudyDeerfield Beach, FloridaPolice & Fire Rescue · Feasibility & Transition
Public Safety Transition StudyParkland, FloridaPolice · Transition
Staffing StudySunny Isles Beach, FloridaPolice · Staffing
Staffing & Space Needs StudyColumbus County, North CarolinaSheriff · Staffing & Facilities
Police & Municipal Court Space Needs StudySandy Springs, GeorgiaPolice, Courts · Facilities
Municipal Campus Space Needs StudySwatara Township, PennsylvaniaMulti-agency · Facilities
Police & Municipal Court Space Needs StudyByram, MississippiPolice, Courts · Facilities
Law & Justice Center Space Needs StudyColumbia County, WashingtonJustice · Facilities
Police & Court Feasibility StudyMableton, GeorgiaPolice, Courts · Feasibility
Fire Station Space Needs StudyBroadview Heights, OhioFire · Facilities
Police Space Needs Study & Cost EstimateLady Lake, FloridaPolice · Staffing & Facilities
Police Department Comparison AnalysisGreen Bay, WisconsinPolice · Comparative Staffing Analysis
Police, Fire & 911 Space Needs StudiesWoonsocket, Rhode IslandPolice, Fire, 911 · Facilities
Owner’s Representative ServicesWoonsocket, Rhode IslandMulti-agency · Owner’s Rep
Fire Station Space Needs StudyQuincy, MassachusettsFire · Facilities
Sheriff’s Office Space Needs StudyFlagler County, FloridaSheriff · Facilities
Sheriff’s Office Space Needs Study & Master PlanSt. Johns County, FloridaSheriff · Facilities
EOC Space Needs StudySanta Rosa County, FloridaEmergency Management · Facilities
EOC Space Needs StudyLake County, MontanaEmergency Management · Facilities
911 & EOC Space Needs StudyBillings, Montana911, Emergency Management · Facilities
EOC Space Needs StudyBoone County, MissouriEmergency Management · Facilities
E911 Facility AssessmentLee County, Mississippi911 · Facilities
EOC & EMS Space Needs StudyRichland County, South CarolinaEmergency Management · Facilities
EOC Space Needs StudyWilliamsburg County, South CarolinaEmergency Management · Facilities
EOC Assessment & Facility StudyWilmington, DelawareEmergency Management · Facilities
911 & EOC Space Needs StudyLincoln County, Missouri911, Emergency Management · Facilities
911 & EOC Space Needs StudySheridan County, Montana911, Emergency Management · Facilities
Police, Fire & Municipal Court Space Needs StudyPolson, MontanaMulti-agency · Facilities
City Hall & Public Safety Space Needs StudyTrenton, FloridaMulti-agency · Facilities
Police & Court Facility StudyCovington, TennesseePolice, Courts · Facilities
Police & Municipal Court Space Needs StudyGloucester Township, New JerseyPolice, Courts · Facilities
University at Buffalo Police Space Needs StudyBuffalo, New YorkCampus Police · Facilities
Florida Polytechnic University Space Needs StudyLakeland, FloridaCampus Public Safety · Facilities
Police & Communications Space Needs StudyWest Melbourne, FloridaPolice, 911 · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyMiami Shores, FloridaPolice · Facilities
Police Facility StudyMedley, FloridaPolice · Facilities
Fire District Space Needs StudyGreer, South CarolinaFire · Facilities
Police & Municipal Court Space Needs StudyRiver Vale, New JerseyPolice, Courts · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyPalmyra, MissouriPolice · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyColumbia, MissouriPolice · Facilities
Police Facility & Site StudyTerre Haute, IndianaPolice · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyColumbia, South CarolinaPolice · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyProvincetown, MassachusettsPolice · Facilities
Police Headquarters Space Needs AssessmentGwinnett County, GeorgiaPolice · Facilities
Police Space Needs StudyBrunswick, GeorgiaPolice · Facilities
Sheriff’s Office Space Needs StudyHopkins County, KentuckySheriff, Emergency Management · Facilities
Space Needs StudyNacogdoches, TexasPolice · Facilities
Space Needs StudyEvangeline Parish, LouisianaMulti-agency · Facilities
Public Safety Training Complex Space Needs StudyCape Coral, FloridaRegional Training · Facilities
Police Department Bond ReferendumCape Coral, FloridaPolice · Referendum
AFG Grant ServicesFennimore, WisconsinFire · Grants
Police Department Transition StudyPompano Beach, FloridaPolice · Transition, Facilities & Technology

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