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section with one vehicle assigned to the K9 team and one assigned to the traffic safety officer. This equates to ten patrol vehicles available to staff assigned to the patrol section. There are four vehicles assigned to the five members of the investigation section. These vehicles are unmarked but have lights and emergency medical equipment. These vehicles are also used by staff for surveillance and “follow” details. Currently, the investigation section is down one vehicle as noted in the table above since unit 391 was involved in a property damage accident and was “totaled” by the City’s insurance provider. Community Service Officer and Police Reserve functions have three vehicles assigned. These vehicles are not fully equipped for use in patrol section; rather they are equipped to provide assistance to the patrol section with prisoner transport, traffic direction at accident scenes or special events, and visible presence in the community. There are two police administrative vehicles assigned to the Director and Deputy Director – Police Division. Administrative vehicles are used for supervisor/management emergency response to police and fire scenes. These vehicles have also been used to supplement both the patrol and investigation sections when needed. There are four vehicles assigned as Special Detail. Two of these vehicles (units 323 and 364) are outfitted with equipment for Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT) training and as such are only utilized for this specific purpose. Having these PIT training vehicles has enabled staff to conduct this training in-house saving training costs and remaining compliant with state mandated training. The snowmobile and four-wheeler are the other two vehicles assigned as Special Detail. The snowmobile and four-wheeler are utilized in specific instances such as limited access to remote areas not accessible by patrol vehicles, during special events, youth snowmobile training, and trail enforcement and patrol efforts. With the snowmobile and UTV in the fire division vehicle inventory, staff will be evaluating what the community’s needs are and ensuring we do not have redundant equipment in the Public Safety Department fleet inventory during 2016. The vehicle replacement schedule only addresses police vehicles assigned to the patrol section and one vehicle assigned to the CSO. This allows staff to make decisions about replacement and rotation of vehicles in a manner that ensures the police fleet inventory addresses community needs at the lowest cost. This practice also ensures the vehicles performing the most demanding work, patrol vehicles, remain a top priority. Vehicles assigned to patrol are also used in a consistent manner which affords staff to apply best practice metrics for making vehicle replacement decisions that are in the best interest of public safety while remaining fiscally responsible. There are two rubrics we use when determining the appropriate number of vehicles in the fleet. The first measurement is “maximum planned use” and the second is the “fleet management miles per year/maintenance” as recommended by the International City/County Management Association. The industry standard is a 3 year replacement schedule, but many vehicles are extended past three years when the following factors are considered on a vehicle by vehicle basis: • Current mileage or engine hours