The City of Alexandria’s Co-Response Program (ACORP) pairs a specially trained law enforcement officer and a licensed, behavioral health clinician to respond in tandem to calls for persons experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The Alexandria Co-Response Program (ACORP) is a collaborative effort between the Alexandria Police Department (APD) and the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS). The Office of Performance Analytics is leading an ongoing evaluation of this program to assess how successfully ACORP: 1) Improves system responses to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises in the community; 2) Identifies and addresses health barriers and inequities for ACORP clients; and 3) Improves experiences and outcomes for all parties involved in behavioral health calls.  View the initial report and final report.

The introduction of rideshare services has impacted the taxi industry in Alexandria. This analysis examines how the City could regulate taxis more efficiently, in order to reduce the costs it imposes on taxi companies and drivers, and to increase regulatory parity with rideshare services.  Read the report.

During a City Council FY 2020 budget work session, Council was informed, and expressed its concern, related to a decline in parking ticket revenue during FY 2019.  As a result, the City Manager asked OPA to conduct an analysis of parking enforcement.  With the analysis report, the City Manager transmitted a memorandum to City Council that included a summary and action plan.  Read the report.

Vision Zero is a multidisciplinary, multi-national traffic safety plan that aims to achieve a transportation system with no deaths and serious injuries.  To help inform the plan, TES, ITS, and OPA analyzed historical crash data and provided actionable findings.  For more information, read the report, view the dashboard, or go to the  Vision Zero homepage.

The City's fire station optimal location study, with support from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and OPA, analyzed the location of current and potential fire stations. The study made no recommendation on the best option; but did find that the addition of proposed station 211 may not be needed if several existing stations were moved westward when they were renovated/replaced; thus, potentially saving the City significant capital and operating funds. View the City Council docket item, report, and presentation.