Deputy Chief
Montgomery County Police Department
Germantown, Maryland, United States
Assistant Chief Francke is a 29 year veteran of the Montgomery County Department of Police. He currently serves as Chief of Patrol for the department that serves a community of nearly 1.1 million residents. During the course of his career, related to the presentation, he has served as a District Detective, a Robbery Detective, and a Homicide and Sex Detective. After promotion he has served as Executive Officer to the Patrol Chief and Director of Major Crimes.
As a Roobery Detective, AC Francke was exposed to workload aanalysis when asked to complete logs for an internal study. That effort by the department was not successful. As the Executive Officer to the Patrol Chief he learned about data driven workload analysis and its value. He has worked to underatand the study and its implications. He has implemented data driven analysis of patrol for the department. As Assistant Chief of Management Services Bureau, he brought in PFM to conduct a workload analysis of the Investigative Services Bureau. That project is near completion, along with a Patrol Staffing Analysis that he is conducting. The combined efforts will help the department rebuild after a profound staffing crisis.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MT