 What makes for excellence in heart care? It starts with one of the most amazing teams of heart surgeons and cardiologists that I've seen assembled under one roof and the region's leading technology in a new $40 million facility. This is the nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Institute of Eastern Kentucky at Pikeville Medical Center. On Monday, February 27th, the Pikeville Police and Fire Department showcased their year-end reviews to the City Commission. Reports have increased activity from both departments was presented by Police Chief Michael Riddle and Fire Chief Johnny Lee Cole. City Manager Phillip Ellswick expresses his gratitude for their efforts. Every year in February, the Police Department and the Fire Department does their year-end review for the prior calendar year where they present the commission with the statistics on arrest or the number of EMS calls and things of that nature. We talk about new equipment that they brought in, new training, new activities they're doing in the community. We believe we have the best Police and Fire Department in Kentucky, if not more, or not a larger area. But there's always room for growth and new things that come along and we do set high standards for them and they meet them every year. Both departments have become much more involved with the community in recent years. Thanks to them, the quality of living in the city has grown. There's been a large significant growth in that over the past few months where they're much more engaged in the community, they're present at more activities there. They refer to their special details. That's how they refer to those activities, is a special detail. So that may be putting up Christmas lights or Christmas decorations or it may be Nightmare on Main or something of that nature. But their involvement in the community has grown significantly. Chief Riddle said that the Pifal Police Department is responsible directly for over 53% of the indictments that were handed down in Pike County last year. That's phenomenal. For a police department of 25 officers. They're very proactive. They seek people committing crime in Pikeville. They don't wait on somebody to call 911 to respond to a call. And Pikeville is a much safer community because of those guys and the work that they do. And the people of Pikeville should be very thankful for both the police and the fire department. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.