Editing Liberty County, Texas (section)

==Infrastructure==
Outside of the city limits, ambulance services are provided by contract through Allegiance EMS. Fire protection is provided mostly through volunteer fire departments, four of which in Liberty County are funded by emergency services districts.<ref>[http://www.hcp4.net/cad/emergency.htm What is an Emergency Services District?.]</ref>

=== Police services ===
The headquarters of the [[Liberty County Sheriff's Office]], which serves unincorporated areas and supplements police forces of incorporated areas, is within the city of Liberty.
Most incorporated areas operate their own police departments, including Cleveland, Daisetta, Dayton, Kenefick, and Liberty.

Liberty County also has a constable for each of its six precincts and deputies assigned to each.

=== Fire services ===

Incorporated cities of Cleveland and Liberty operate their own fire departments staffed by a combination of paid and volunteer members. Both departments cover territory outside their respective city limits.

Fire departments serving unincorporated areas:
* Ames VFD 1 station
* Cleveland VFD 2 stations (Covering areas inside the City of Cleveland and North Cleveland, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Cypress Lakes VFD 1 station
* Dayton VFD 2 stations (covering areas inside the City of Dayton, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Devers VFD 1 station
* Hardin VFD 1 station (covering areas inside the City of Hardin, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Highway 321 VFD 1 station
* Hull-Daisetta VFD 1 station (covering areas inside the City of Daisetta, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Kenefick VFD 1 station (covering areas inside the City of Kenefick, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Liberty VFD 1 station (covering areas inside the City of Liberty, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Moss Bluff VFD 1 station
* North Liberty County VFD 1 station
* Plum Grove VFD 1 station (covering areas inside the City of Plum Grove, and unincorporated Liberty County)
* Raywood VFD 1 Station
* Tarkington VFD 2 stations
* Westlake VFD 1 station
* Woodpecker VFD 1 station

=== Emergency medical services ===

Emergency medical services are provided by Allegiance EMS, with the only exception being inside the City of Liberty, for which service is provided by the City of Liberty Fire and EMS Department.

===Corrections===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates one women's prison and two women's state jails, all co-located in an [[unincorporated area]]. The [[L.V. Hightower Unit]] prison and the [[Dempsie Henley Unit]] and [[Lucille G. Plane Unit]] jails are {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of [[Dayton, Texas|Dayton]].<ref name="Hightower">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hi.htm Hightower Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201233/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hi.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref><ref name="Henley">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lt.htm Henley Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201231/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lt.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref><ref name="Plane">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lj.htm Plane Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201403/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/lj.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref> The [[Cleveland Unit]], a prison for men privately operated by the [[GEO Group, Inc.]] on behalf of the TDCJ, is in [[Cleveland, Texas|Cleveland]].<ref name="Cleveland">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/cv.htm Cleveland Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200954/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/cv.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.</ref>

Cleveland opened in September 1989.<ref name="Cleveland" /> Hightower opened in March 1990.<ref name="Hightower" /> Henley and Plane opened in May 1995.<ref name="Henley" /><ref name="Plane" /> Also, in 1992 [[Community Education Centers]] opened a private detention center under federal contract with the [[United States Marshals Service]] for 372 beds, co-located at the old decommissioned Liberty County Jail.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cecintl.com/facilities_sf_tx_016.html |title=CEC |access-date=January 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015100037/http://www.cecintl.com/facilities_sf_tx_016.html |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 1995, of all Texas counties, Liberty County had the fourth-largest number of state prisons and jails, after [[Walker County, Texas|Walker]], [[Brazoria County|Brazoria]], and [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell]] Counties.<ref name="Horswellhard" />