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The Police Department uses a prioritization system for calls for service to <br />allow officers to respond to the most important or most critical calls first. It is not <br />infrequent that multiple calls are received at the same time. Although completefy <br />random in nature, criminal events or even weather related events can cause a <br />significant spike in calls for service. A city cannot afford to staff to cover these <br />occurrences, instead calls are prioritized and handled as time permits. If multiple <br />high priority calls come in at the same time and the department is unable to <br />answer all of them immediately, mutual aid may be requested for assistance from <br />surrounding cities or Lamar County Sheriff. The Paris call prioritization system is <br />similar to other cities of this size and is an appropriate call management device. <br />Records <br />The Records Unit is responsible for the processing and storage of all <br />departmental records including offense, accident and arrest reports. The security <br />and integrity of these records is critical to the department and may only be <br />released outside the department in limited circumstances. This release process <br />is strictly controlled by law. The Records Unit is also responsible for reporting <br />the crime statistics to the State. <br />The Records function also appears to be staffed appropriately and the utilization <br />of part-time records clerks shows efforts to manage the function in the most cost <br />effective manner. <br />Warrant Service <br />The department has one sworn officer assigned as a Warrant Officer. <br />This officer is responsible for the service of all warrants issued by the Paris <br />Municipal Court as well as other jurisdictions where the person named in the <br />warrant resides in Paris. Investigators in the department who file cases on <br />individuals will usually execute the warrant as soon as it is obtained. In some <br />cases, the suspect may not be located, and the investigator must move on to <br />other cases. While most of the warrants served by the Warrant Officer are local <br />Page 40 <br />