The Chandler Ward councillor has vowed to lobby Victoria Police and Police Minister Bob Cameron for more police.

He ridiculed the Police Allocation Model, which determines police resources using a 12-point checklist including demographics, distances and number of railway stations, shopping centres and licensed venues.

"The rank and file are doing a fantastic job," Cr Warren said. "It's the hierarchy that must stop looking at computer print-outs."

He said the last straw was an out-of-control Bayswater party on June 21, which Mooroolbark and Mt Evelyn police units attended, leaving the rest of the 2500-square kilometre shire policed by a single divisional van. "We had absolutely nobody [in the Yarra Ranges] - it's just not good enough."

Inspector Andrew Humberstone of Yarra Ranges police assured residents the shire was "pretty well" resourced across the entire week.

"It's a fairly fluid workforce - the 24-hour stations can provide ongoing support. We compete for resourcing against transport, education and health. Like any other department we need to show what we're doing with funding. A greater need is the CBD at the moment."

Inspector Humberstone said he wouldn't knock back additional resources but he was confident the Yarra Ranges was getting "its slice of the pie - the same as all 56 police service areas".

Speaking in Parliament last week, Kilsyth MP David Hodgett joined the call for more police resources. "It is not the fault of the decent, honest and hard-working police officers that we have crime and antisocial behaviour in our local communities. The rank and file do a fantastic job in protecting us, but they require more resources to perform their duties."

Police Association secretary Senior Sergeant Greg Davies said demographic data proved Yarra Ranges was 26 police officers short of providing "adequate, visible and proactive" policing. "Without these extra numbers, the outer east continues to be short-changed of the policing service it deserves."