Baytown, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===City services=== [[File:BFD E2.JPG|thumb|One of the engines of the Baytown Fire Department]] The City of Baytown operates the Sterling Municipal Library, which has a collection of 300,000 items.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library {{!}} Baytown, TX|url=https://baytown.org/206/Library|access-date=2021-02-04|website=baytown.org}}</ref> The original Goose Creek Library opened in 1925;<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSHA {{!}} Goose Creek, TX|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/goose-creek-tx|access-date=2021-02-04|website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref> the first county library in Texas, it was funded by the private donations of [[Humble Oil and Refining Company]] president [[Ross S. Sterling]]. The current Sterling Library was dedicated in 1963. The library's space increased to {{convert|50500|sqft|m2}} after bond programs in 1975 and 1995.<ref>"[http://www.baytownlibrary.org/aboutus.php About Us]." Sterling Municipal Library. Retrieved on November 5, 2009.</ref> In addition Baytown residents are served by the [[Harris County Public Library]] system. The Baytown Police Department has 167 sworn officers and 52 support personnel as of 2014. The department provides all-hour patrol services and has many special units: SWAT, Dive Team, D.A.R.E., Hot Spot, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Investigations, Police Academy, Bomb Squad, and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Police {{!}} Baytown, TX|url=https://baytown.org/195/Police|access-date=2021-02-04|website=baytown.org}}</ref> Fire, rescue, hazardous materials response, and EMS are provided by the Baytown Fire Department,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fire & EMS {{!}} Baytown, TX|url=https://baytown.org/196/Fire-EMS|access-date=2021-02-04|website=baytown.org}}</ref> an all-professional department of approximately 140 sworn members. The Fire Department is led by Kenneth Dobson and is an ISO 1 rated agency. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page