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7. What level and caliber of legal representation is provided for and offered to residents of the community? Who are the key attorneys in the community? 8. How many police and city law enforcement officers are assigned to the community for its service and protection? 9. What is the current relationship of the police department to the residents in the community? What steps have been taken to strengthen community-police relations? 10. To what degree have the courts protected the civil rights and liberties of the people in the community? VIII. What Is the State of the Community’s Health and Health Providing Services? 1. How do local health providing institutions characterize the general status of your community’s health? 2. Who gets sick most in the community, and why? 3. What are the birth and death rates per thousand? How does this number compare to neighboring communities, the city, and the nation? 4. What are the clinics, hospitals, and medical facilities located in the community? What are the current number of physicians, dentists, specialists, and other medical personnel per capita? 5. Who are the key physicians and care providers in the community? 6. What is the price and quality of care at these various hospitals and clinics in the community? 7. How is the community staffed in terms of ambulance, paramedical, and fire department protection? In other words, how many of these units are assigned to the community? How do the numbers in the community compare with the services used by other communities or the city at large? 8. Who is the fire chief in the community, and who are the key fire prevention officials in the community? 9. What provision has been made in the community for its vulnerable populations, i.e., the elderly, the disabled, the poor and indigent, the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, etc.? Do these populations have access to this provision?