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• The project would result in inadequate emergency access;

• The project would interfere with adopted emergency response plans or emergency
evacuation plans;

• The project would result in adequate emergency response times for the site; or

• The project would result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the
provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of
which could cause significant environmental impacts.

b. Methodology

The determination of significance for the project’s potential impacts on law enforcement
protection services was based on a comparison of existing law enforcement services and the
expected demand for and adequacy of services at project buildout. The analysis of law
enforcement services considered the following factors: availability and funding of resources
(e.g., facilities, staffing, and equipment), scheduled improvements to facilities and services,
response times, service calls, emergency access, and officer-to-population ratios.

c. Impact Analysis

(1) Sheriff’s Department

The project does not propose any uses which would expose residents to an unusually high
level of public safety risks associated with law enforcement services (i.e., earthquakes, fires,
etc.). Residents would be exposed to the same level of public safety risks as existing area
residents. Public safety risks for the project would be typical of those existing for residential
uses (i.e., break-ins, car thefts, and domestic disturbances). Therefore, impacts relating to the
exposure of public safety risks would be less than significant.

As stated above, the station currently has an officer to population ratio of 1 deputy per
1,463 residents, which exceeds the station’s ideal ratio of 1 deputy per 1,000 residents. As
discussed in Section 4.R, Population, Housing and Employment, of this EIR, project
implementation would result in a population of approximately 4,158 residents. Therefore,
without additional increases in staffing, the project would further decrease the officer to
population ratio. The Sheriff’s Department has indicated that the project would require four new

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