Bristol Police Department Update

In order to continue providing the best police services to the Bristol community the Bristol PD will be limiting our face-to-face interactions when possible. We are concerned with the health and well-being of our staff as well as the public we serve. As this virus continues to spread our goal is to maintain a healthy police force for the continuation of services without resorting to contingency plans.

Therefore, until further notice the Bristol PD IS NOT taking walk-ins for fingerprints or responding to VIN checks.

Also, please call in to the station rather than walk in for non-emergencies. As a temporary change, non-emergency matters may be reported over the phone and an officer will be assigned to follow-up with you. This applies to a variety of less serious offenses that ARE NOT IN PROGRESS. In these cases, officers will be utilizing email for statements or photos needed for the report. We have not reduced or restricted our emergency personnel.

If it is determined that a response by an officer is warranted please understand that they are likely to keep a “safe distance” and unlikely to shake hands, etc. Again, this is out of an abundance of caution to keep our staff and the public safe and not an indicator of the officers’ friendliness or willingness to help.

OFFICERS WILL ALWAYS RESPOND TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMES AGAINST A PERSON.

Rest assured that we are here for you, as you would expect. IF YOU NEED US CALL US. The only thing we are temporarily changing is the manner in which we provide our services not the quality of the services we provide.

We will continue to monitor the constantly evolving recommendations for health and safety as they relate to #COVID19 #COVID_19 #coronavirus.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The latest recommendations and updates can be found below:

NH Dept. Of Health & Human Services
https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/cdcs/2019-ncov.htm

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov

World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019