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13. Public Safety Element This Element aims to reduce to acceptable levels those risks associate with activities over which the City has some jurisdiction through elimination of avoidable risks. These risks include fire, flood, civil disorder, incidence of crime and other natural and man - induced potential safety hazards. • Continue use of non -sworn personnel in appropriate law enforcement junctions. SAPD continues to employ non -sworn personnel to handle administrative and Police Service areas that specifically involve community engagement programs and coordination with City and community/ neighborhood organizations and business owners. • Annually assess efficiency of police fleet and personnel deployment plans as related to police call patterns and modify as appropriate. SAPD reviews data regarding calls for service and timely responses to service calls on an ongoing basis with Chief and Bureau Deputy Chiefs. • SAPD currently employs several non -sworn Police Service Officers to provide community engagement programming and safety programs and partners with neighborhoods, community -based organizations, faith -based groups, schools, and businesses with an interest in strengthening community police relationships. Limited programming in 2020 included the following bilingual programs - Coffee w/ a Cop, CERT courses, Neighborhood Watch, Gang reduction, Community Police academy, Communication Linkages and other neighborhood association meetings. • Continue "storefront" and Public Safety Satellite Office police programs. Although several public safety satellite offices have closed, the SAPD Harbor / McFadden station continues to operate and serve all residents, including those residing in the Westend of the city limits. • Ongoing communication and assessment with OCFA and SAPD continues, in response to incidents and overall. • Continue community education programs directed to fire prevention and awareness. City and SAPD continue to coordinate with OCFA Santa Ana Division to offer fire prevention awareness at special events or neighborhood meetings, as needed. At several Santa Ana CARES mobile resource events that offered COVID-19 testing, OCFA participated to help bridge relationship with the community, SAPD, City staff, and OCFA team. • Zoning and building code enforcement programs continued in 2020 through PREP Code Enforcement efforts. A total of 1,797 rental units were inspected and generated 30 permits with a valuation of $44,200 in improvements to rental properties. • The City's Code Enforcement PREP program is a systematic inspection program of rental housing which focuses on bringing rental housing units into compliance with City codes and standards. The PREP program continued in 2020 with a total of 1,797 rental housing units inspected City Council 31 — 21 3/16/2021