Staffing and managing cases: The department needs to increase staffing levels at the bureau of detectives, including sergeants to oversee the teams of homicide detectives. “A homicide unit ideally should be staffed so that each detective is the lead on an average of four to six new homicide cases per year. ... An increase in detectives’ average caseload size can be expected to result in a decrease in their individual clearance rates.” The department should also revise the practice of midnight detectives handing off cases to day shift detectives, which can lead to unbalanced case distribution, duplication of effort and lost productivity.