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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigations <br /> C. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND UTILITIES <br /> SETTING <br /> Police Protection <br /> Police service is provided to all unincorporated areas of the County,including the proposed <br /> project expansion area,by the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department. Policing of traffic is <br /> provided to all unincorporated areas of the County by the California Highway Patrol (Burnett, <br /> 1993). Police service in the incorporated City of Stockton,including the current Austin Landfill <br /> site,is provided by the City of Stockton Police Department(Marconi, 1993). <br /> The San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department currently provides police protection to the <br /> proposed project expansion areas. Those areas are described as having a history of relatively few <br /> security and criminal problems (Burnett, 1993). The nearest Sheriffs station to the site is the <br /> Department's central station in French Camp. The Department maintains a service ratio of <br /> approximately 1.5 line officers assigned to patrol duty per 1,000 residents in the unincorporated <br /> portions of the County(San Joaquin County, 1992). The Department is a designated "scene <br /> manager"in disasters ranging from toxic spills to major flood activity(San Joaquin County, <br /> 1992). <br /> The existing Austin Road Landfill,which is part of the City of Stockton service area,is primarily <br /> served by the Stockton City Police Department. The Stockton Police Department is composed of <br /> eight support units and a total of approximately 330 sworn officers and 150 additional personnel <br /> (City of Stockton, 1990x; Marconi, 1993). The nearest station to the site is the Headquarters <br /> located at 22 East Market Street, approximately four miles northwest of the landfill. The current <br /> site and landfill operation historically have required a relatively low level of police services and <br /> support(Marconi, 1993). The Department has indicated a need to expand its current staffing and <br /> equipment levels to meet the needs of future urban and residential growth that is projected to <br /> occur in the City by 2005. Department growth and expansion shall be financed by facilities fees <br /> placed on new residential growth(City of Stockton, 1990x). <br /> Traffic laws in the unincorporated areas of San Joaquin County are enforced by the California <br /> Highway Patrol (CHP),which regularly patrols the roads in the vicinity of the project. <br /> III.C.1 <br />