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<br />REVISED DRAFT MARCH 23, 2012 <br />Alert Beacons. The beacons are stationed at all local schools to provide <br /> <br />shelter-in-place instruction directly to teachers and students. <br /> <br />Key Planning Considerations <br />Key planning considerations to maintain and improve public safety services <br />include: <br />1)Providing adequate staffing levels to meet basic response and operating <br /> <br />standards, ensure personnel safety, and provide relief to personnel <br />routinely required to work extended hours. <br />2)Investing in sufficient facilities, in terms of location, design, and <br /> <br />functionality, to provide reliable response and service area coverage. <br />3)Budgeting adequately for the periodic acquisition and maintenance <br /> <br />of the numbers and types of vehicles necessary to support core <br />departmental responsibilities. <br />4)Targeting adequate resources to areas that pose particular challenges in <br /> <br />a growing community, including traffic- and school-related policing and <br />emergency response. <br />5)Continuing to pursue inter-governmental approaches to coordinate basic <br /> <br />functions and gain cost savings, while remaining sensitive to <br />administrative and operational challenges that may be involved. <br />6)Preparing for future population growth while <br /> <br />efficiently and effectively. <br /> <br />Based on these planning considerations, the following <br />goals, actions, and initiatives address specific issues <br />and needs identified during the public participation <br />To Be Removed <br />process (and outlined in Chapter 1, WůĂŶŽŶƚĞdžƚ). <br /> <br />GOAL 5: Provide for the ongoing needs of the Police <br />Department to ensure adequate protection of the <br />population. <br /> <br />Actions and Initiatives <br />1)Periodically review the Police <br /> <br /> <br />personnel needs and hire additional staff to <br />The La Porte Safety Town is currently under <br />accommodate increased calls for service concurrent <br />conceptual development and would become a <br />with population growth. Utilize the Federal Bureau of <br />Investigation (FBI) Crime in the United States (latest <br />a myriad of hazards at home and throughout the <br />edition) staff survey as a measurable comparison for <br />community. <br />full-time law enforcement professionals and civilian <br />staffing needs. This could include: <br />Source: City of La Porte Website Fire Department pages. <br />a.Full-time law enforcement officers concurrent <br /> <br />with population growth; <br />b.One additional crime analyst; <br /> <br />c.One additional jailer per shift; and <br /> <br />3.18 <br /> <br /> <br />Chapter 3 <br /> <br />