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17 <br /> <br />13. Public Safety Element <br />This Element aims to reduce to acceptable levels those risks associate with activities <br />over which the City has some jurisdiction through elimination of avoidable risks. These <br />risks include fire, flood, civil disorder, incidence of crime and other natural and man- <br />induced potential safety hazards. <br /> <br />• Continue use of non-sworn personnel in appropriate law enforcement junctions. <br />SAPD continues to employ non-sworn personnel to handle administrative and <br />Police Service areas that specifically involve community engagement programs <br />and coordination with City and community/ neighborhood organizations and <br />business owners. <br />• Annually assess efficiency of police fleet and personnel deployment plans as <br />related to police call patterns and modify as appropriate. SAPD reviews data <br />regarding calls for service and timely responses to service calls on an ongoing <br />basis with Chief and Bureau Deputy Chiefs. <br />• SAPD currently employs several non-sworn Police Service Officers to provide <br />community engagement programming and safety programs and partners with <br />neighborhoods, community-based organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and <br />businesses with an interest in strengthening community police relationships. <br />Limited programming in 2020 included the following bilingual programs - Coffee w/ <br />a Cop, CERT courses, Neighborhood Watch, Gang reduction, Community Police <br />academy, Communication Linkages and other neighborhood association <br />meetings. <br />• Continue “storefront” and Public Safety Satellite Office police programs. Although <br />several public safety satellite offices have closed, the SAPD Harbor / McFadden <br />station continues to operate and serve all residents, including those residing in the <br />Westend of the city limits. <br />• Ongoing communication and assessment with OCFA and SAPD continues, in <br />response to incidents and overall. <br />• Continue community education programs directed to fire prevention and <br />awareness. City and SAPD continue to coordinate with OCFA Santa Ana Division <br />to offer fire prevention awareness at special events or neighborhood meetings, as <br />needed. At several Santa Ana CARES mobile resource events that offered <br />COVID-19 testing, OCFA participated to help bridge relationship with the <br />community, SAPD, City staff, and OCFA team. <br />• Zoning and building code enforcement programs continued in 2020 through PREP <br />Code Enforcement efforts. A total of 1,797 rental units were inspected and <br />generated 30 permits with a valuation of $44,200 in improvements to rental <br />properties. <br />• The City’s Code Enforcement PREP program is a systematic inspection program <br />of rental housing which focuses on bringing rental housing units into compliance <br />with City codes and standards. The PREP program continued in 2020 with a total <br />of 1,797 rental housing units inspected