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Legal Department: Providing superior,professional and ethical legal services for our client, the City of South Bend. Police Department: Protecting the life, property and personal liberties of all individuals; improving the overall quality of life by deterring criminal activity and respecting cultural diversity; delivering fair and impartial law enforcement services to all residents. Fire Department: Providing the highest level of fire protection and emergency medical services possible to all of our customers, saving lives and property, and striving to become a model Fire Department for other cities in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Code Enforcement: Maintaining and improving the physical quality of life in our neighborhoods. Parks and Recreation: Offering all residents and guests of South Bend the highest quality of recreational and leisure activities, while providing well-managed parks and recreational facilities with updated programming and friendly productive service. Community and Economic Development: Creating and expanding opportunities through partnerships in neighborhood revitalization, commercial and industrial development and community enhancement. Public Works: Providing leadership in the development and delivery of engineering, fleet, transportation, sanitation, wastewater, water and other services as called upon by our customers. Building Department: Serving our customers by inspecting, informing and ensuring a safe place to work, play and live. Century Center: Providing a state-of-the-art facility with excellent services to customers while generating maximum economic benefit to our community. Building South Bend in 2012 and beyond The City Administration's theme for the past several years has been "We're Building South Bend." That theme has had a major influence on the development of the 2012 budget. There were five areas of concentration that became or remained budget priorities for 2012. 10