COVID-19 Coos Bay Police Department’s Temporary Modification in Police Services, March 18

Message from the Coos Bay Police Department – The Coos Bay Police Department recognizes that COVID-19 may impact the City of Coos Bay. The Coos Bay Police Department remains fully operational, staffed, and ready to respond to the needs of the community. Coos Bay Officers will continue to respond to all emergencies, in-progress calls, and other priority responses. The Coos Bay Police Department is committed to providing high quality law enforcement services to our public. In an effort to minimize possible exposure and to protect essential emergency services, we will be implementing a temporary modification in call response and services. The Coos Bay Police Department will authorize their patrol officers to handle all non-priority calls via phone whenever possible. This means, in most cases unless you are reporting an in-progress crime or a crime serious in nature, i.e. felony person crimes, the dispatcher in whom you are reporting your crime to will have an officer call you back to take the report and answer any questions you may have. The case officer will then conduct any further investigation as needed. In addition to our modified call response, we will be temporarily suspending some of our low priority services to include: station tours, ride-a-longs, and public engagement programs. The Coos Bay Police Department Administration’s priority is to keep our staff healthy so that we are able to deliver quality emergency services when needed. We want to thank the citizens of Coos Bay for their understanding and support with our temporarily modified services. We look forward to returning to normal operations soon.