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Cedar Hill public safety: EMS makes up most calls; police note staffing gaps and robust commercial-vehicle enforcement
Summary
Director of Public Safety Eli Reyes presented the department's first combined police and fire monthly snapshot on Feb. 25: fire responded to 752 incidents (70% EMS), police recorded ~5,700 activity responses, and the city is down six officers. Commercial motor-vehicle inspections produced numerous out-of-service violations.
Director of Public Safety Eli Reyes presented a new combined monthly snapshot for Cedar Hill's police and fire departments at the Feb. 25 briefing, highlighting that EMS calls drive fire department workload and that police are seeing steady response metrics amid staffing shortages.
Reyes said the fire division recorded 752 incident responses for the reporting period, with over 70% of those being EMS responses. He reported 24 fire incidents overall; 17 occurred in Cedar Hill (10 structure fires, two vehicle fires, three trash fires and two outdoor fires). Reyes said the quick response limited structure-fire damage to about $400,000 and there were…
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