Editing Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (section)

===Public safety===
====Fire and emergency services====
The Mount Pleasant Fire Department has provided fire suppression and emergency services since 1837, initially as a volunteer agency, and today as a full-time fire department. Today, the fire department has 118 paid personnel augmented by 15 volunteers. It is internationally accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department was originally accredited in 2001 becoming the first accredited fire department in the state of South Carolina. Firefighters work twenty-four-hour rotating shifts. The corporate area and its surroundings are served by seven strategically located fire stations. The fire department administrative office is located within the City Municipal Complex. Mount Pleasant fire stations are staffed daily by 33 personnel. In 2007, under the supervision of Chief Herb Williams and Captain Robert Wronski, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department established a "Paramedic Engine" program, in which firefighters trained as Paramedics will carry the same equipment on the fire engines as in the ambulances. Currently, all engines in Mt Pleasant are now operating as "Paramedic Engines". This means in the event Charleston County EMS is delayed, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department will be able to provide life-saving procedures until the ambulance arrives.

====Police====
The Mount Pleasant Police Department, a 2006 CALEA Flagship Award recipient,<ref>{{cite web|title=Calea Flagship Agency Program|url=http://www.calea.org/Online/Awards/flagship.htm|publisher=calea.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624211221/http://www.calea.org/Online/Awards/flagship.htm|archive-date=June 24, 2009}}</ref> employs 132 sworn officers and 43 civilian personnel, serving the entire municipal population. The police department, which is a nationally accredited agency, sanctioned by the [[Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies]], has adopted the [[problem-oriented policing]] philosophy of service delivery, which requires officers to work together with citizens to identify community problems, determine the underlying cause, and develop solutions which address these causes in order to resolve the problem. Led by Chief Carl Ritchie, the police response time to the majority of the calls for service beats the national average. Encompassing {{convert|52|sqmi|km2|0}}, the department has split the town into eight patrol neighborhoods. Each patrol neighborhood is assigned to a specific officer on each shift.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police {{!}} Mount Pleasant, SC - Official Website |url=https://www.tompsc.com/166/Police |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=www.tompsc.com}}</ref>