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Oakwood cites rapid emergency response times, cross‑trained public‑safety force and Citizens Police Academy
Summary
The mayor highlighted Oakwood’s consolidated public-safety department, its response-time metrics, the seventh annual Citizens Police Academy and recognition of Public Safety Chief Allen Hill.
Oakwood’s mayor used the State of the City address to describe the city’s consolidated public-safety department and to report response-time metrics.
Under Oakwood’s cross-trained public-safety model, the mayor said the first officer on scene has a response time of about two minutes, the fire-engine response time is about 4.5 minutes (shorter than the national standard of six minutes) and the medic response time is about 4.75 minutes (compared with a national standard of 12 minutes). “Oakwood has the lowest crime rate and fire loss in Montgomery County,” the mayor said, and he credited Public Safety Chief Allen Hill and the department’s personnel.
The mayor said the city held its seventh annual Citizens Police Academy and described the program as an opportunity for residents to understand public-safety work and for department personnel to hear community needs and expectations. He said graduates have been impressed with the professionalism of public-safety personnel.
These remarks were a report of departmental performance and programming; no formal council actions related to public safety were announced during the address.
