West Windsor PD Urge Phone, Online Reporting Due To Coronavirus

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — As the situation concerning new coronavirus continues to evolve, West Windsor police are asking residents to report incidents online or by phone whenever possible.

The police department is also suspending fingerprinting for 30 days, police announced Thursday morning. They also won’t host tours of police headquarters and will be limiting the number of events they attend.

“If you come to the West Windsor Police Department Headquarters Lobby, we will greet you from behind our glass partitions,” police said in a statement. “If paperwork needs to be exchanged, it will be through the slots and after you use hand sanitizer. This includes all Records Bureau requests. If you have had a fever or any other associated symptoms, please do not come into our headquarters. We are strongly encouraging the use the Online or Phone Call reporting if at all possible.”

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Online reporting can be done at www.westwindsornj.org/police/online-reporting. To make a report by phone, call 609-799-1222.

Registration for the West Windsor Youth Police Academy can be scanned and emailed to Training Officer Latham beginning on March 16 at 9 a.m. in lieu of dropping off at police headquarters.

“Chief Garofalo wants to assure everyone that we will still provide our community with the very best service while taking measures to protect our officers and staff,” police said. “We will continue to answer any emergent call for service with the same high level of professionalism as we always have.”

The New Jersey Department of Health has partnered with the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System to open and operate a call center (1-800-222-1222) for public use regarding questions, concerns, and other information related to coronavirus spread in New Jersey. More information is also available on the state's coronavirus webpage.

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