Hartford Police Department
Emergency: 911
Call 911 for life threatening issues such as fire, crimes in progress,
assaults on persons, medical emergencies, auto accidents with
injuries, auto thefts or robberies in progress.
Dispatch: 527-6300
Call dispatch for these problems: Loud noise from cars or
homes, traffic issues, disorderly conduct, car break-ins, house
break-ins, drug deals in progress*, underage drinking, auto repairs
on street, illegal parking, prostitution, or other quality of life
issues.
West End Community Service
Officer
Officer Billy Rea: 424-2034
(cell phone)
Call Officer Rea to report crimes in the neighborhood, abandoned
vehicles on the street, other neighborhood concerns, including
general crime trends.
Drug Activity: 525-DRUGS
(3784)
Call 525-DRUGs to report drug activity you have witnessed. Use
this department to give information about general trends of drug
dealing and drug use in the neighborhood.*
Guns: 525-GUNS
(4867)
Call 525-GUNS to report any gun activity you have witnessed.*
Dog Warden: 722-8301/543-8701
Call the dog warden to report lost or roaming dogs.
Civic Radar: www.civicradar.com
Use Civic Radar on the Internet for reporting quality of life issues
(see list under Dispatch).
*Reporting a problem to several
departments will help assure greater attention to the issue. For
example, to report drug activity (1) call Dispatch at 527-6300,
(2) call 525-DRUGS, (3) then call Officer Powell, West End
Community Service Officer, at 424-2034.
Department of Licenses & Inspections: 757-9200
This department handles any complaints around housing issues, violations,
boarded up buildings.
Appeals to zoning regulations: 757-9200
Building code inspections: 757-9221
Housing inspection: 757-9210
Rodent control (rats): 543-8571
Zoning: 757-9239
No heat complaints - Landlords are required by state law
and city ordinances to provide safe and adequate heat.
If you do not
have heat:
•
Call Licenses and Inspections at 757-9210
during regular working hours (Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30).
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At other times,
call the Dispatch Center of the Hartford Police Department at 527-6300.
Inspectors will call the landlord. If
the problem can’t be fixed in 6 hours, owners will need to
provide temporary housing. If the owner does not resolve the problem,
the city can make repairs or put people in temporary housing and
bill the owners.
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Information
Hot Line: 211 ( www.infoline.org)
Dial 211 to reach free, 24-hour information
about community services, human services, and crisis intervention
for problems such as substance abuse, gambling, domestic violence,
suicide prevention, financial problems, and more.
Domestic Violence Hotline: 888-774-2900
Child Abuse Hotline: 800-842-2288
Mobile Crisis Team: 297-0999
The Mobile Crisis Team provides seven-day-a-week psychiatric crisis
services.
Department of Health & Human
Services: 543-8860
Call the Health Department for issues related
to concerns such as animal feces, overgrown yards, abandoned auto
parts, and abandoned vehicles on private property. For abandoned
vehicles call 547-1426, ext. 7092.
Department of Public Works
The Department of Public Works handles any issues concerning
streets, traffic signs, trash collection and snow plowing.
Director of Public Works: 543-8660
All DPW services: 543-8765
(For 24-hour service, urgent requests or if unsure where to direct
request)
Street Services: 543-8760
(For street sweeping, potholes, paving, clogged drains
street lights, cracked sidewalks, leaf collection,
snow plowing, etc.)
Streetlight repair: 543-4888, ext 6530
Malfunctioning traffic signals (Fire Dept.): 543-8790
Traffic problems & missing traffic signs: 543-8660
Trash Collection: 543-8750
(Scrap metal & bulky waste, Trash pick-up questions)
Recycling questions 543-8609
Trash carts customer service hotline 543-8727
Illegal dumping 527-6300 or 543-8765
Clean City 543-8766 (For clean up of vacant properties and city-owned
sites)
You do not have to leave your name
to report a problem. Details
such as license plate numbers, descriptions and names of suspects,
and exact locations of problems are very helpful. Please
provide as much information as possible.
If you think there might be a problem
in your neighborhood
but are not sure, contact Officer Powell at 424-2034. Or,
come to any West End Public Safety Committee meeting, held the third
Thursday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the West End Community Center,
461 Farmington Avenue.
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