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DRAFT OCTOBER 17, 2011 <br />rr rrr <br />r r r rr o <br />qficers '' <br />• • <br />111 person <br />a� <br />a <br />is conducted by '•' <br />Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of <br />cities ted in the south with a <br />�• <br />population between 25,000 and <br />Ij�r� <br />r 1i'Q?t(tiafitlAt,A� <br />t�? per s'o//r49,999 <br />i / <br />persons sh• - • an average <br />�et�nr�et�s <br />theemrp�lRPt h <br />of 2.2 full-time . enforcement <br />• - • - 111 Based <br />AHA,1" 31'2flR� <br />IU!'�7'� ,',/f'Faia'ri"aml-aaci�f <br />nf�ir�iane, nasawleaf,r*nI�:l,tlia, rs>�i,icc'ci rax ,eleaF.^,� cranc. <br />on a 2010 population of 33,800 <br />persons, the La Porte Police <br />Irlil�pVlhJld°I�IrriVVVVPitrllry�IYr}4�lii,p,i'V�I,�'`rirbl�'�Vi,iPi4ru IIr�,�Y��h�i�Ipi�,Iltiylt����V�V�I, <br />Department is currently meeting <br />this standard. To maintain this standard to meet increasing future service <br />demands, the City will need to provide the necessary budgetary resources to <br />hire additional full-time officers concurrent with population growth. As <br />displayed in Table 3.1, Police Department Staffing Needs, the City will need <br />an additional 35 officers to support a 2030 population of 49,927 persons. In <br />addition to full-time law enforcement officers, the City will need to ensure <br />there is adon. <br />Fire Services <br />Fire protection is provided by the La Porte Fire Department, which covers the <br />City -limits, as well as contract fire protection services for the cities of <br />Morgan's Point and Shoreacres. The Fire Department does not have any <br />formal mutual aid agreements in effect except being a member of Channel <br />Industries Mutual Aid (CIMA), which is a non-profit organization combining <br />the fire -fighting, rescue, hazardous material handling, and emergency <br />medical capabilities of the refining and petrochemical industry in the <br />Houston Ship Channel area. Overall, the Fire Department's service area <br />exceeds 45 square miles. <br />The Fire Department is currently staffed via a combination of 14 full-time <br />firefighters and 52 volunteers. The volunteers are trained in-house during an <br />annual academy and are responsible for making 25 percent of the fires and <br />50 percent of the weekly drills. Full-time firefighters are certified as Texas <br />16Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Uniform Crime Reports <br />2010, Table 71. RetFieved ^n an/an/a a <br />A COMMUNITY VISI N FOR LAPORTE, TEXAS -? Ise L.PDATL <br />