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We provide historical information on calls for service with CrimeReports.com. Anyone can log in and see calls for service, crime patterns, and traffic concerns. This website also allows for citizens to sign up for e-mail notifications when crimes take place in close proximity to their home or business. The department's Crime Prevention officer, Matt Birch provides leadership with the local Lamar County CrimeStoppers organization by acting as the coordinator for this group. The Lamar County CrimeStoppers continually receives state recognition as one of the best in the state. Crime Prevention activities for 2010 included: ➢ 26 CrimeStoppers Meetings ➢ 11 Crime Prevention and Crime Awareness Meetings ➢ 6 Home Security Inspections ➢ 2 Neighborhood Watch Meetings The department began the Citizens Police Academy in 2009. We conducted 2 academies in 2010 with 43 participants. From these academies, the alumni began the Paris Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association which fostered a program called Citizens On Patrol. This program allows members to provide volunteer service to the department by assistance on traffic control at parades and public events, additional patrol and streetlight patrols. These volunteers provided over 600 hours of volunteer work for 2010. The department is also tasked with providing the Emergency Management Plan for the city. Emergency Management Coordinator Assistant Chief Tuttle submitted a revision of the EMP which earned the designation as `advanced' from the Texas Department of Emergency Management this year. The Emergency Operations Center is located presently in the basement of City Hall and has been activated many times for monitoring severe weather that threatens Paris and the surrounding area. The department also acts as the warning point for the city of Paris Emergency Management Plan. The department administered and used two services in 2010 for providing information and warning to our local residents. CodeRED, a reverse 9-1-1 telephone message delivery service and NIXLE, a text and e-mail based message service were used exclusively. Due to costs, this program has been consolidated in a new warning system called Paris Alerts! 3 122