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<br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 <br />A survey conducted by the Federal <br />Table 3.1, Police Department Officer Needs <br />Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of <br /> <br />cities located in the south with a <br />Additional <br />Officers per <br />population between 25,000 and <br />Year Population** Officers Officers <br />1,000 persons <br />49,999 persons showed an average <br />Needed*** <br />of 2.2 full-time law enforcement <br />2010 33,800 75 -- <br />16 <br />officers per 1,000 citizens. Based <br />2.2* <br />Build-Out <br />49,954 110 35 <br />on a 2010 population of 33,800 <br />Population <br />persons, the La Porte Police <br />*Based on a City in the south with a population between 25,000 to 49,999 per <br />**Based on the build-out population projections derived during t <br />Department is currently meeting <br />See Appendix B, Build-Out Population Projection Analysis. <br />this standard. To maintain this <br />*** Officers should be added concurrent with population growth. <br />standard to meet increasing future <br /> <br />service demands, the City will need <br />Source: FBI and Kendig Keast Collaborative <br />to provide the necessary budgetary <br />resources to hire additional full- <br />time officers concurrent with <br />population growth. As displayed in Table 3.1, Police Department Staffing <br />Needs, the City will need an additional 35 officers to support a buil <br />population of 49,954 persons. In addition to full-time law enforcement <br />officers, the City will need to ensure there is adequate civilia <br />to support the build-out population. <br /> <br />Fire Services <br />Fire protection is provided by the La Porte Fire Department, whi <br />City-limits, as well as contract fire protection services for th <br />Fire Department does not have any <br />formal mutual aid agreements in effect except being a member of <br />Industries Mutual Aid (CIMA), which is a non-profit organization <br />the fire-fighting, rescue, hazardous material handling, and emer <br />medical capabilities of the refining and petrochemical industry <br />Houston Ship Channel area. Overall, the Fire <br />exceeds 45 square miles. <br /> <br />The Fire Department is currently staffed via a combination of 14 <br />firefighters and 52 volunteers. The volunteers are trained in-ho <br />annual academy and are responsible for making 25 percent of the <br />50 percent of the weekly drills. Full-time firefighters are cert <br />Firefighter I and must Fire Department <br />operates a total of four, 24/7 manned stations. Their headquarte <br />nd <br />located on 124 South 2 Street and is due for replacement in 2011. In <br />addition, the Fire Department operates three other stations that <br />24 hours per day by a full-time firefighter. The station locatio <br />nd <br />Station 1 124 South 2 Street; <br /> <br />16 <br />Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Uni <br />2010, Table 71. <br />3.14 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />