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Louisville Police Department 2017-2021 Master Plan <br />Executive Summary <br />One of the foundations of a community's ability to go about its daily life is the basic <br />feeling of safety. Governments at all levels share this responsibility. The core mission <br />of the Louisville Police Department (LPD) is to work with the Louisville community to <br />provide a safe and secure city through education, enforcement, and investigative <br />services. Sworn officers and non-commissioned members of the police department <br />take pride in their commitment to uphold the law and maintain peace. LPD defines <br />Community Policing as a philosophy and commitment to working in partnership with <br />the community. This involves more than just responding to calls for service. It requires <br />time for officers to spend developing relationships with community members, and to <br />work together to identify and find solutions to community problems. <br />With a 2016 budget of $4,957,360, 34 sworn officers, and seven civilian employees <br />(includes fulltime, part-time, and temporary fixed -term [seasonal] employees), LPD <br />provides a broad spectrum of law enforcement services. This includes responding to <br />both emergency and non -emergency calls for service, crime prevention, investigations, <br />traffic enforcement, animal control and code enforcement. The Police Master Plan is <br />the City of Louisville's five -to -seven year plan to guide the business operations of <br />police service delivery in a manner that meets the contemporary standards of <br />professional policing. In addition, the Police Master Plan is designed to better reflect <br />current and emerging trends, which include an increasing population and some change <br />in demographics and additional multi -family housing units; more complicated calls for <br />service requiring more staff time; changing community expectations; advances in <br />technology and communication and the use of technology to investigate crimes; and <br />requirements for court evidence. The Police Master Plan moves LPD toward the vision <br />of being a leading edge police department, having well-trained officers and staff and <br />contemporary equipment to provide the best service possible to the community. <br />LPD is also interested in pursuing State Accreditation for the Department. This would <br />entail the Department working to achieve a "Professional" status from the Colorado <br />Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), with the adoption of the standards as defined <br />by the CACP Professional Standards Committee, utilizing professionally proven best <br />Executive Summary Page 1 <br />