INTENT

PS-POLICY 1: To ensure appropriate response times for public safety issues.

ACTION STRATEGIES:

1. Based upon projected population, commercial growth, and citizens' calls for service, the County Police Department has identified the need for a seven acre parcel of land for a regional police station to service the Sector area and the surrounding general area of the county. Acquisition of an appropriate site should be expedited. This site should be within or immediately adjacent to the Sector area.

2. Facilitate the police Department's ongoing efforts to promote community policing initiatives including:
   • increased presence/visibility;
   • working closely with business and neighborhoods to address community problems and issues effectively;
   • provide appropriate staffing needs;
   • promote the increased use of pedestrian and bicycle officers for neighborhoods.

3. The Prince William County Police Department shall cooperate with the Fire and Rescue Department to insure that a HAZMAT evacuation program addressing a one mile radius in the Sector area is developed and in place.

4. The adequacy of police response times for alternate routes to all neighborhoods shall be reviewed.