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ttAJ) - Name: SAN MARCOS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR!: TX 1050100 Section II - Part C Item # 1 Laptop Computers Community Policing Activities Summary --- San Marcos and Hays County, Texas is one of the fastest growing counties in the State of Texas. Along with this growth comes problems attendant to that growth. In 1995, San Marcos and Hays County led the State in per capita consumption of beer. Related to the alcohol consumption, the city and county were second in the number of alcohol related accidents per c~pita. The statistics can be tied not only to the rapid growth in population but also to the 22,000 students attending a local university. The addition of the requested laptop computers and the resulting time savings will be used to work with and \.vithin the community to respond to what the community përceives as a major crime issue, alcohol related crime(disorderly conduct, domestic violence, assaultive behavior, vandalism, use of weapons, etc.) and accidents. The SMPD plans to use the redeployment time to enhance its participation with neighborhoòds, and businesses as well as the social service agencies that make up the Hays County Community Social Service Network. The SMPD in partnership with these and other elements of the community are working toward a more efficient and timely response to community problems. Another goal of the SMPD and it partners is to improve crime and substance abuse prevention efforts in the community. The SMPD will also use redeployment time to establish a more consistent working relationship with the university police force. This will include a cooperative policing and prevention effort aimed at the alcohol related crime and accidents that can be tied to university students. The additional redeployment time will give SMPD officers more visibility and enforcement time particularly during the evening and night shifts when the alcohol crime and abuse incidents are at their peaks.