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Chapter 4 Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures Ml. Public Services: Police 1 . Framework for Analysis This section evaluates the potential impacts the proposed project may have on public police services based on the potential need for increased Police Department services and the impact this would have on the environment. 2. Setting Police services within Pleasanton city limits are provided by the Pleasanton Police Depart- ment. The work of the Department is conducted by two principal divisions: (1) the Operations Division, which includes the Patrol Bureau (staffed by sworn officers and community service officers) and the Special Operations Unit (which handles traffic and parking enforcement, animal services, special events), and the Reserve Officer program; and (2) Investigations and Support Services, which is responsible for follow-up investigations and support services. The Police Department's goal is to respond to all calls within 18 minutes and emergency calls within four minutes.J4 In 2004, the Department's average overall response time was 20 to 35 minutes per call and 4:47 minutes for emergency calls. The Department also endeavors to clear (arrest or identify the person responsible for the a crime) a high percent of cases. According to the Uniform Crime Reports, the average California Law Enforcement Agency clearance rate is approximately 22 percent. In 2004, the Department cleared 30 percent of Part I crimes and 10 percent of Part II crimes.J5 The Police Department provides patrol and intervention services to City parks. Pleasanton's 2002 Growth Management Report states that the Police Department received 613 calls for service at city parks in 2001. The average number of calls for service at neighborhood parks was 11.6 and at community parks was 74.2 calls. Based on the approximately 606.4 acres of parks in Pleasanton in that year, there was approximately one (1) call per acre for all types of parks36 34 Pleasanton Police Department, Pleasanton Police Department Annual Report, viewed December 13, 2005 online at http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/pdf/2004-annual-report.pdf. 35 Part I crimes include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny/theft, grand auto theft, and arson. Part II cases include alcohol violations, child abuse, DUI, drunk in public, disturbing the peace, domestic violence, fraud/forgery, identity theft, narcotics violations, resisting arrest, sex offenses and other, simple assaults, stolen property received, vandalism, and weapons violations. 36 In that year, Pleasanton neighborhood parks occupied 136.2 acres; community and special use parks, 181.9 acres; and open space parks, 288.3 acres. Current park acreage figures are presented in Table 10 (p. 113). 117