Lt. Sam Liddiard - American Fork Police Department
- 33 officers in patrol and investigations
- Investigations:
- 9 detectives, 1 in major crimes task force for the County
- In 2011 they investigated 2,100 cases
- As of September 2012 they have investigated 2,142 cases
- Three biggest issues for our area are domestic violence, child abuse, and drugs
- Patrol:
- In 2011 dispatch received 10,333 calls
- As of September 2012 dispatch has received 7,925 calls
- Patrol officers handle initial investigations, reports, and first response (CPR and first aid)
- Bicylce patrol for crowds, neighborhoods, and public presentations
- Motorcycle patrol for traffic, accident investigations, and special events
- K9 for patrol and narcotics
- NOVA program with elementary schools
- SWAT team for high risk warrants, hostage situations, and VIP protection
- Animal control
- We pay approximately $400,000 per year for all of these services. It is estimated to cost around $1.5 million to start up our own force, plus the cost of equipment and vehicles
- City is partial owner along with Alpine and Highland
- It would cost around $1.5 million per year to have our own, right now we pay around $600,000 per year
- Offer fire and paramedic services
- Utilize an intern program to keep costs down while helping interns keep their skills up
- Handle fire, medical emergencies, floods, swift water rescues, accidents, and canyon rescues
- In 2011 they handled 348 calls for fire and 842 calls for EMS
- Also do inspections, school programs, station tours, scout assignments, and other various community programs
- Law requires that they have a minimum of four firefighters onsite before entering any burning building
- Receive funding from ambulance bills, grants, county, and the three participating cities
- Alpine pays $624,310; Cedar Hills pays $611,258; and Highland pays $939,727
- Base fee is 10%
- 45% based on population
- 45% based on number of households and ERU's for commercial areas
- Cedar Hills pays around 22% of the total cost
- Cedar Hills is getting a new transport truck that allows for fire and paramedic services. Currently, if the EMT's were on the fire truck and got an EMS call they have to go back to the station to the get ambulance, and vice versa. This new vehicle will allow for both situations so there is no need to return to the station for the correct vehicle.
- Currently have 36 part time and 14 full time staff to cover three shifts for 24x7 coverage
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