- Elizabeth Larson
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Clearlake Police to take turn patrolling Lakeport streets Wednesday
Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said all of his staff will be taking part in a daylong mandatory training and so the Clearlake Police Department is sending units to make sure the city’s policing needs are met for the day.
Rasmussen said his staff usually isn’t required to do the training more than once a year. However, when they do, Clearlake Police has come in to help cover them.
Likewise, Rasmussen said Lakeport Police units have offered the same service to the sister agency when it has similar trainings.
Local policing agencies – police, sheriff and California Highway Patrol – offer mutual aid assistance and backup to each other on a regular basis.
In particular, they’ve offered each other much-needed help during the county’s wildland fire disasters.
In the summer of 2018, Clearlake Police Chief Andrew White spent his first day on the job helping in Lakeport, all of which was under mandatory evacuation due to the Mendocino Complex fire.
Lakeport Police officers also have helped patrol Clearlake during the fires there that required major evacuations.
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