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Page 2 <br /> Maintain our present response time for all calls , continue <br /> to try to reduce it . , (Present response time 7. 5 minutes) <br /> Maintain on schedule all in-service training. <br /> Continue to train all personnel and improve our implemented <br /> Emergency Command Procedures . <br /> Continue to implement ways to maintain our present level of <br /> services with allocated personnel . <br /> - Accomplishments : Part 2 D <br /> Patrol DiVision: The patrol division has succeeded in meeting <br /> their goal to reduce business burglaries for the first six <br /> months with only 10 reported. (Over 250 businesses are checked <br /> nightly at least twice) Our residential burglaries have not <br /> increased due to patrolling and the house checks done daily <br /> of vacationers ' homes . The patrol division has driven • <br /> 485, 715. 5 miles the first six months of FY 84/85 to accomplish <br /> their objectives . 5, 976 calls for service have been answered <br /> by them for this period. An idea of some of the service calls <br /> are as follows: 972 suspicious person/vehicle calls , 681 calls <br /> to residential and business alarms , 347 calls assisting Orange <br /> County Rescue . <br /> I . <br /> Investigation Division: The Investigation Division has exceeded <br /> 1 1 their goal to maintain a clearance rate of 70% of all major <br /> crimes. The present clearance rate is 73%. The large number of•child abuse cases reported for investigation (17) has increased <br /> their workload substantially . The clearance rate for burglaries <br /> of residences is above the national average (national average <br /> is 15% clearance rate per year, our yearly clearance rate is 18%) . <br /> Jail Division: The Jail Division goal to make the jail self- <br /> -- <br /> sufficient is being met for the first six months FY 84/85 . <br /> $42,098. 88 have been collected for county revenue . The jail grant <br /> renovations are on schedule and will be completedby March. The <br /> DWI weekend offenders have increased and if possible we may get <br /> funds from the state to open up an 8-man cell. We have housed <br /> 1, 085 persons for the FY 84/85 . The average stay is 7 days . <br /> Crime Prevention: The Crime Prevention Division has accomplished <br /> their goal to have more citizen involvement. We now have 121 <br /> Citizen Watch Groups . They are now recognized by the state as <br /> one of the most active units . Approximately 1200 children have <br /> been fingerprinted in cooperation with Operation Identification <br /> in our schools . Orange County Community Watch has formed Crime <br /> Stoppers in Orange County and is operational as of 1/7/85 . <br /> • <br />