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The Bellbrook
Communications Center is the primary answering point
for all 9-1-1 calls and non-emergency calls made to
the Bellbrook Police Department. The center operates
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Staff consists of 4
full-time dispatchers, 3 part-time dispatchers, and
1 communications supervisor. Each 12-hour shift is
staffed by 1 dispatcher. Dispatchers are responsible
for a multitude of duties, including 9-1-1 and
non-emergency communications, and dispatching of Law
Enforcement, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services. |
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The Communications Center is equipped with a myriad
of technical equipment, including an enhanced 9-1-1
system, TTY system (telephone system for deaf and
hard of hearing people), computer aided dispatch
system (CAD), VHF high-band and 800 MHz radio
systems, and the Law Enforcement Automated Data
System (L.E.A.D.S.). The Bellbrook Communications
Center answers over eight hundred 9-1-1 calls, and
processes an average of 6100 calls for service per
year.
Click here to see our 9-1-1 statistics of
previous years. |
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KNOW
WHEN TO CALL 9-1-1
CALL
9-1-1:
∆ To report a fire
∆ To report a serious
medical problem.
∆ Any possible situation
that may be serious and may
result in injury,
death, loss of property, apprehension of
a suspected
criminal or prevention of a crime that is
about to occur.
DO
NOT CALL 9-1-1:
∆
To
report routine police business, such as
barking dogs, or
loud music.
∆ To ask for
information, such as weather
conditions,
directions, or area power outages.
∆ Never dial 9-1-1 as a
joke!
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9-1-1 SAFETY TIPS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS
∆ Teach your children
the proper use of 9-1-1
∆ Always call 9-1-1 from
a safe place. If there is a fire in
the house, get to a safe
place before calling 9-1-1.
∆ Instruct your children
and their baby-sitter how and
when to use 9-1-1.
∆ Make sure your house
number is visible from the street
during daylight hours
AND at night.
∆ Never call 9-1-1 as a
joke. Prank calls may take the
9-1-1 dispatchers or
responders away from a true
emergency.
∆ If you call 9-1-1 by
accident, DO NOT hang up. When
the call taker answers,
explain that you called 9-1-1 by
mistake and that you do
not have an emergency.
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