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National City Police Department is a professional law enforcement agency that employs more than 90 sworn officers and over 40 professional staff members. It serves more than 59,000 residents within an area of 9 square miles and has several different divisions and operating units. The city s animal control division inspects various commercial animal establishments and endeavors to protect people from dangers that result from their interaction with domestic animals. Its records division maintains a variety of police-related reports. National City Police Department s K-9 unit utilizes police dogs to track criminals, sniff out illegal materials and search buildings. Its traffic division conducts traffic and parking enforcement activities and investigates serious injuries and fatal collision cases. The police department is located in National City, Calif.

The Vista Fire Department provides public safety and fire protection services. Services include fire fighting, rescue, hazardous materials incident responses and emergency medical services with emergency transport. Additional services include fire personnel training and community disaster preparedness. Fire prevention activities include inspection, code compliance, community protection planning, public education for fire survival and abatement of weed hazards. The mission of the department is to minimize deaths, injuries and property loss by taking all feasible action to prevent fires and, if they occur, to extinguish them promptly, and to provide advanced life support and emergency medical transportation for the community. Established in 1928, the Vista Fire Department is located in Vista, Calif.