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    Lakeland - By the Numbers in 2006

    Overview of Lakeland

  • 71 square miles is the approximate size of Lakeland
  • 91,623 is the estimated population of Lakeland (as of April 2006)
  • 1889 is the year Lakeland was incorporated
  • Munnville was a name considered for the new town
  • Lakeland uses a Commissioner - City Manager form of government
  • Lakeland owns its utility company which helps keep property taxes low

    Overview of the Lakeland Police Department

  • 236 Sworn officers comprise Lakeland PD:
  • 1 Chief of Police
  • 2 Assistant Police Chiefs
  • 4 Captains
  • 11 Lieutenants
  • 34 Sergeants
  • 184 Police Officers
  • 125 Civilian employees support the overall operations
  • (including one non-sworn Asst Chief)
  • 40 part-time employees
  • $30 million FY07 annual budget for the department
  • $300,000 in various grants which supplement the annual budget

    Department Workload for 2006

  • 103,360 calls for service handled by the department
  • 21,993 traffic citations issued to drivers
  • 464,522 telephone calls handled by Communications Center personnel
  • 497 domestic violence calls investigated
  • 15,512 new pieces of evidence received by Property and Evidence Unit
  • 5,768 false alarms dispatched which resulted in...
    - $93,380 in false alarm fees being billed by the City