{"id":10289,"date":"2019-05-24T19:12:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10289"},"modified":"2019-05-24T19:12:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:12:19","slug":"two-of-los-fresnos-finest-entities-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10289","title":{"rendered":"Two of Los Fresnos Finest Entities Recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10279\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10279\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10279\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/004-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/004-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/004-2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/004-2-405x186.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City officials and EMS personnel during last week\u2019s recognition. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two of Los Fresnos finest public entities \u2013 police and the Emergency Medical Services departments \u2013 got a pat on the back during last week\u2019s meeting of the city council.<\/p>\n<p>The recognitions were given to honor National Police Week, held May 11-18, and EMS Week, which runs through this Saturday, May 25.<\/p>\n<p>City Manager Mark Milum said personnel with both departments do fantastic jobs serving the city and the community.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he said EMS responded to 1,838 calls, or 153 calls a month.<\/p>\n<p>Milum said 46 percent of the calls came from inside city limits and 41 percent from rural areas. The rest of the calls were to assist departments from other cities such as Bayview, Port Isabel and South Padre Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have about 20 medics,\u201d he told the council. \u201cThey do a fantastic job and we want to thank them for helping the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10278\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10278\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/002-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police department officers and city officials in the council chamber. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By the same token, the police department has also had its share of activities.<\/p>\n<p>Its 18 officers responded to 18,431 calls last year, or 51 calls a day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do respond to a lot of calls,\u201d Milum said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just traffic stops but to all sort of calls, including animal, DWI, PI and drug-related activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Banda, a police department spokesman, said they also participate in dozens of community events held each year.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Polo Narvaez admitted he gets complaints about traffic stops but drivers need to slow down and to obey the laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud you for what you all do,\u201d he told the officers, \u201cand thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tony Vindell\/LFN Two of Los Fresnos finest public entities \u2013 police and the Emergency Medical Services departments \u2013 got a pat on the back during last week\u2019s meeting of the city council. The recognitions were given to honor National Police Week, held May 11-18, and EMS Week, which runs through this Saturday, May 25. 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