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REVISED DRAFT MARCH 23, 2012 particularly for evidence storage needs. This is especially important as the Police Department is already renting off-site space for evidence storage. Rather, all evidence storage should be on-site with 24-hour camera surveillance. The Police Department has also identified that keeping pace with the change in technology is Table 3.1, Police Department Staffing Officer Needs one of their greatest challenges. It is their intent to transition to more Additional Officers per in-house training as long as there is Year Population** Officers Officers 1,000 persons adequate training budget available. Needed*** 2010 33,800 75 -- A survey conducted by the Federal 2015 40,328 89 14 Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of 2020 44,319 2.2* 98 23 cities located in the south with a 2025 46,127 101 26 population between 25,000 and 2030 49,927 110 35 *Based on a City in the south with a population between 25,000 to 49,999 persons. 49,999 persons showed an average **Based on H-GAC population projections. See the Demographic Snapshot in Ch. 1, of 2.2 full-time law enforcement Plan Context. 16 officers per 1,000 citizens. Based ***TEMPORARY NOTE: The number of officers needed could be reduced as decisions on a 2010 population of 33,800 are finalized on the Future Land Use Plan and a more precise calculation can be made persons, the La Porte Police Department is currently meeting this standard. To maintain this standard to meet increasing future service demands, the City will need to provide the necessary budgetary resources to hire additional full-time officers concurrent with population growth. As displayed in Table 3.1, WŽůŝĐĞĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ^ƚĂĨĨŝŶŐEĞĞĚƐ, the City will need an additional 35 officers to support a 2030 population of 49,927 persons. In addition to full-time law enforcement officers, the City will need to ensure there is adequate civilian support staff to support a 2030 population. Fire Services Fire protection is provided by the La Porte Fire Department, which covers the City-limits, as well as contract fire protection services for the cities of MoFire Department does not have any formal mutual aid agreements in effect except being a member of Channel Industries Mutual Aid (CIMA), which is a non-profit organization combining the fire-fighting, rescue, hazardous material handling, and emergency medical capabilities of the refining and petrochemical industry in the Houston Ship Channel area. Overall, the Fire exceeds 45 square miles. The Fire Department is currently staffed via a combination of 14 full-time firefighters and 52 volunteers. The volunteers are trained in-house during an annual academy and are responsible for making 25 percent of the fires and 50 percent of the weekly drills. Full-time firefighters are certified as Texas 16 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Uniform Crime Reports 2010, Table 71. Retrieved on 10/10/11. 3.14 Chapter 3