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Grand Prairie officials highlight fire and police performance amid growth
Summary
Mayor Ron Jensen highlighted consecutive years of fire/EMS performance at an American Heart Association 'gold standard' and said police statistics show the city's lowest crime rate in history; these are city-reported measures and were stated without outside verification on the program.
Mayor Ron Jensen pointed to performance metrics for the city's emergency services as evidence of progress. He said Grand Prairie's fire department has met the American Heart Association 'gold standard' metric for 11 straight years and that paramedics have met a target described in the program as 100% compliance. "Our fire department, our paramedics have done it 100% of the time for 11 straight years," Jensen said.
Jensen also cited police statistics, saying the city has "the lowest crime rate in the history of FBI taking the statistics" and that Grand Prairie ranks first in the DFW area. Those are city-reported figures presented on the show; officials did not present a separate source or dataset during the televised remarks. Independent verification of these statistics and the precise metrics would be appropriate follow-up.
