How Promptly Does CAHOOTS Arrive Based on Call Priority & Van Availability?

Anna Wallin's project for ADS4SJ led by Professor Rori Rohlfs.

Context for Research

• The following research will investigate the mobile response team Crisis Helping Out on the Streets (CAHOOTS) which has served the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon area.
• Anecdotal evidence in the community suggests that CAHOOTS teams often take a long time to arrive at cases, limiting their effectiveness at serving the community.
• Is CAHOOTS still functioning as an adequate crisis response team despite the logistical constraints of only having 2 vans?

Research question:

How does the priority of a call and the availability of the CAHOOTS team influence the CAHOOTS arrival time to a case?

Dataset used

Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) call data from Police Dept in Eugene, Oregon.

Running the scripts

I have 2 folders to follow along with my data cleaning and analysis process.

Preprocessing: Find the script I used to pre-process the CAD dataset here: scripts

Data analysis: Find the script I used to analyze the CAHOOTS dataset here: data_analysis

Final Report

A report of my data analysis and discussion can be found at this link here -> Wallin Final Project Report.pdf