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DRAFT OCTOBER 17, 2011 • Alert Beacons. The beacons are stationed at all local schools to provide shelter -in -place instruction directly to teachers and students. Key Planning Considerations Key planning considerations to maintain and improve public safety services include: 1) Providing adequate staffing levels to meet basic response and operating 2) 3) 4) 5) La Porte `T`T ? f standards, ensure personnel safety, and provide relief to personnel routinely required to work extended hours. Investing in sufficient facilities, in terms of location, design, and functionality, to provide reliable response and service area coverage. Budgeting adequately for the periodic acquisition — and maintenance — of the numbers and types of vehicles necessary to support core departmental responsibilities. Targeting adequate resources to areas that pose particular challenges in a growing community, including traffic- and school -related policing and emergency response. Continuing to pursue inter -governmental approaches to coordinate basic functions and gain cost savings, while remaining sensitive to administrative and operational challenges that may be involved. 6) Preparing for future population growth while working to meet today's service demands more efficiently and effectively. Based on these planning considerations, the following goals, actions, and initiatives address specific issues and needs identified during the public participation process (and outlined in Chapter 1, Plan Context). GOAL Provide for ongoing -dof Police of the population. Actions and Initiatives 1) Periodically review the Police Department's personnel needs and hire additional staff to accommodate increased calls for service concurrent with population growth. Utilize the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Crime in the United States (latest edition) staff survey as a measurable comparison for full-time law enforcement professionals and civilian staffing needs. This could include: a. Full-time law enforcement officers concurrent with population growth; A COMMUNITY VISI N FOR LA PORTE, TEXAS -2 10 UPDATE.