The Department realizes that crime is a problem that affects all segments of our society, and is a concern of everyone. The Binghamton Police Department will make every attempt to involve the community in generating mutual understanding and cooperation between the residents and Police Department of Binghamton. Involving the community will enhance both police and residents knowledge of the nature and extent of the crime problem in the city. The police and community members working together against crime will be a major step in crime deterrence. Although, there are certain crimes that cannot be prevented, crimes committed against innocent victims in public places and crimes against property can be deterred by proactive police operations and an involved community. The Binghamton Police Department plans to deter crime by increasing police presence both on foot patrol and police vehicle presence in neighborhoods and business areas. The Community Response Team will saturate high crime areas and make pro-active community policing their focus. The Police and community working together will make the City of Binghamton a better place to live, work and do business.

2022 BPD Annual Report

2021 BPD Annual Report

2020 BPD Annual Report

2019 BPD Annual Report

These maps contain crime statistics and frequency for crimes including assault, larceny, burglary, motor vehicle theft, rape, robbery, and murder occurring within the City of Binghamton.   

Crime Maps 2024 — Through October 31

Crime Maps 2023

Crime Maps 2022

Crime Maps 2021

Crime Maps 2020 

Crime Maps 2019

Crime Maps 2018

Crime Maps 2017

Crime Maps 2016

Crime Maps 2015

Crime Maps 2014

Crime Maps 2013

Crime Maps 2012

Policy 300 — Use of Force

Policy 413 — Immigration Violations

Policy 420 — In-Car Camera Policy

Policy 422 — Body Worn Cameras (BWC)

Policy 423 — Public Recording of Law Enforcement Activity

Policy 432 — Portable Audio-Video Recording Gear

Policy 500 — Personnel Complaint Policy

Below are Calls for Service reports that are organized by City Council District (CCD). For more information on your council district, visit the City Council page.

Calls for Service by Call Type & Council District — 2024.10

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The mission of the Community Response Team (CRT) is to improve quality of life in the City through proactive law enforcement and community policing. Composed of five Police Officers and one Police Sergeant, CRT’s goal is to work together with residents to reclaim areas as safe, clean, productive places to live and raise a family. CRT uses a service-focused approach that encourages active citizen participation and enables policing efforts to grow and progress from reactive to proactive to coactive. With the police and the community working together, these collaborative partnerships have jointly identified, prioritized and solved problems. CRT utilizes officers both in uniform and in plain clothes, and both marked police cars and unmarked cars. Areas of the City in which CRT works are determined by need. CRT’s Community Policing Methods CRT fields a steady number of direct telephone complaints from citizens to the CRT Office. In response to each of these complaints, CRT officers attempt to connect with each complainant personally, hear their concern, learn the issue in detail, formulate a strategy together to combat the problem, and assure them that their complaint is significant and being addressed. Additionally, complainants often get to meet CRT Officers face-to-face and are given their cell phone numbers so the complainant can speak to a CRT member as the crime or problem is occurring. This type of community policing has proven to be a valuable tool in building community trust and partnership, and often leads to arrests of offenders, as well as repeat tips from callers.

Participation in Neighborhood Watch/Community Meetings

The CRT Sergeant actively communicates with coordinators of local Neighborhood Watch and action groups. The coordinators of such groups provide valuable information on neighborhood problems, including complaints and tips. Communication with these coordinators is two-way, as the CRT Sergeant provides updates on progress the police department has made. Neighborhood coordinators keep the tips and complaints coming in, while bringing back information to their concerned residents.

Working with Local Businesses

CRT reaches out to several local businesses with a history of problems in and around their location. This establishes a line of communication with the business community to effectively identify and address their concerns. The CRT Sergeant gives out business cards with cell phone and email contact information so the business owners have means to get assistance with problems in and around the business.

Monitoring City Cameras

CRT has access to the City public safety street camera systems. By simply monitoring street activities and directing resources in an efficient and effective manner, CRT members have made numerous arrests, including for charges of narcotics possession and prostitution.

CRT Special Assignments

CRT is deployed where needed based on community issues, events and data-driven policing. Some specific instances include patrolling disturbances at Binghamton High School, Binghamton University “Welcome Back Weekend” heightened patrols, Binghamton University Off-Campus College walk-a-rounds, St. Patrick’s Parade Day patrols, West Side burglary patrol, West Side robber patrol, robbery sting detail, assisting Detectives in searching for various suspect(s), patrolling the downtown parking ramps for larceny suspects, or any other identified need for focused effort.

Collaboration with S.I.U./Broome County Task Force and Detective Bureau

CRT works side-by-side with the SIU (Special Investigations Unit), meeting regularly to discuss investigations and cases. SIU will often lend their investigators to assist CRT officers with interviews of arrestees and with narcotics cases. Conversely, CRT lends its officers to SIU to assist with search warrants, surveillances, traffic stops, identifying suspects, and apprehending targets. SIU uses CRT’s high volume of narcotics arrests as a starting point to develop confidential informants. CRT also assists the Department’s Detective Bureau when requested, including in serving subpoenas, conducting surveillances of a target location, and/or locating and apprehending wanted suspects.

Miscellaneous CRT Highlights

Other CRT highlights include:

• Assisting advocates from the Addiction Center of Broome County in locating and speaking with at-risk subjects in an attempt to get them into counseling and/or rehabilitation centers
• Attending numerous community outreach and public awareness meetings 
• Assisting the Patrol Division during Pub Crawl, LUMA and Parade Day events 
• Collaborating with the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) program in identifying and working to correct nuisance properties 
• Assisting the Detective Division with neighborhood canvasses for major/serious crimes and follow-up investigations
• Conducting details (robbery, burglary, etc.) pertaining to crime rate increases in specified areas of the City 
• Responding to narcotics activity calls dispatched to the Patrol Division in an effort to assist with Patrol’s call volume and provide “quality of life” police actions for affected neighborhoods 

The Department operates a Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) that strongly encourages Police and Community partnerships and actively supports Neighborhood Watch Groups. The Department realizes that crime is a problem that affects all segments of our society, and is a concern of everyone. The Binghamton Police Department will make every attempt to involve the community in generating mutual understanding and cooperation between the residents and Police Department. Involving the community will enhance both police and resident knowledge of the nature and extent of crime in the City. The police and community members working together against crime is a major step in crime deterrence. Neighborhood Watch is one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear. Neighborhood Watch fights the isolation that crime both creates and feeds upon. It forges bonds among area residents, helps reduce burglaries and robberies, and improves relations between police and the communities they serve. The Binghamton Police Department Crime Prevention Unit will assist in establishing Neighborhood Watch groups.

As of 2021, there are five sworn members assigned to the Binghamton Police Crime Prevention Unit: a Police Lieutenant, one Crime Prevention Unit Officer and three School Resource Officers.

Grants

The CPU is responsible for many police grants, including the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) grant, Homeland Security, Justice Assistance Grants, COPS grants, and several BYRNE 21 legislative grants. These grants bring hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Department and the City of Binghamton for programs, equipment, and many community-based policing initiatives. CPU’s grant responsibilities include:

• Grant Researching
• Grant Applications
• Grant Financial Accounting
• Grant Progress Reports

National Night Out

The Department participates in National Night Out with several neighborhood groups. Events are held at several Binghamton City parks and locations. National Night Out is designed to:

• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness
• Generate support for and participation in local anticrime programs 
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships
• Send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back against crime

Safety Presentations

The CPU conducts various public safety presentations upon request by neighborhood groups, community organizations and any group. Presentation topics include personal safety, senior scams, crime prevention, and other matters related to the Department. In 2019, the CPU created several new presentations on personal and public safety and conducted them throughout the year.

Cameras

As of 2019, the CPU maintained more than 20 public cameras located throughout the City. The Department began installing closed-circuit public cameras in 2006. By utilizing numerous New York State funding sources, the C.C. Camera project was initiated as part of an overall strategy to reduce violent crime in targeted areas. The location of the cameras was determined by intelligence and crime analysis. The demand to retrieve video from these cameras has greatly increased, and these videos have now become a vital piece of evidence in many cases. CPU is exploring installation of additional cameras around the City.

School Resource Officers

There are currently three School Resource Officers assigned to the Binghamton City School District. One officer has been assigned to the Binghamton High School campus for many years. Since 2014, an officer has been assigned to both East and West Middle Schools, as well. These Officers work closely with school officials in various programs. When school is not in session, the Officers are assigned to the Patrol Division. The School Resource Officer program is funded by the Binghamton City School District

For more information on any of these programs, please contact the Crime Prevention Unit at (607) 772-7093.

The Detective Division is the investigative arm of the Department. Its mission is to support the Patrol Division and other departmental units in the completion of criminal and non-criminal matters when a more detailed investigative or elevated technical expertise is required. The Detective Division strives to accomplish this mission by objectively investigating assigned matters while honoring established legal requirements, properly documenting investigations and presenting findings for judicial review.

It is the Detective Division's responsibility to initiate and pursue investigations, apprehend criminal offenders, develop intelligence information on criminal activity, recover stolen property and cultivate informants. The Detective Division is further responsible for assisting criminal justice agencies outside the Department.

The Detective Division falls under the Department’s Operations Division, which is under the direct management and control of the Assistant Chief of Police. The Operations Division is responsible for providing direct police services to the public. These services include the 14 protection of life and property, the reduction in the opportunity to commit crime, resolution of conflict, identification of criminal activity and the apprehension of criminal offenders.

The Binghamton Police Department Detective Division is composed of five sub-divisions or units:

• Investigative Unit/Detective Bureau (Investigators and Supervisors)
• Juvenile Unit
• Identification Unit (Crime Scene Investigation Unit/Property)
• Warrant Control Unit
• Special Investigations Unit (in conjunction with members of the Broome County Special Investigations Task Force)

There are a total of seven supervisors (one captain, one lieutenant and five sergeants), 20 investigators and three non-sworn support personnel assigned to the Detective Division. The captain and lieutenant are assigned to oversee all five units. Although each unit specializes in different areas, collectively they work together to ensure the mission of the Detective Division is accomplished.

Investigative Unit/Detective Bureau

The Detective Division’s Investigative Unit/Detective Bureau is composed of two Police Sergeants, nine Detectives, and two non-sworn support staff. Detectives hold the responsibility of following up with investigations of both criminal and non-criminal matters. Investigations can range in nature from suspicious incidents to serious felonies. Investigating violent crime is a priority for the Detective Division, with many work hours and resources spent solving these types of crimes.

In 2019, the members of the Detective Division were assigned a total of 1,597 cases. Members arrested 348 persons for a total of 439 charges as follows: 223 felony arrests, 191 misdemeanor arrests and 25 violation arrests. Collectively, Detective Bureau supervisors oversaw 2,222 cases, including cases assigned to the Juvenile Unit.

The Detective Bureau is responsible for monitoring and tracking all sex offenders who reside in the City of Binghamton. At the beginning of 2020, the City had 304 Level 1, 2, 3 or pending registered sex offenders. A supervisor is assigned to monitor and track assigned offenders. Duties include face-to-face contact with each offender, home visits to verify offenders are residing where they are legally registered and record updates, including address changes. Fingerprint and photographic images of offenders are kept current and submitted to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).

The Detective Bureau is also assigned to serve subpoenas to individuals, including witnesses and victims involved in cases that have been previously investigated and solved. The District Attorney’s Office issues subpoenas for Grand Jury appearances, trials and hearings for County and local courts. In 2019, the District Attorney’s Office forwarded 495 subpoenas to the Detective Division for service. Binghamton Detectives served 426 subpoenas.

In addition, the Detective Bureau is responsible for conducting authorized records checks on individuals for employers or government agencies who are conducting their own background investigations of potential applicants, military recruits, gun permit applicants, etc. In 2019, the Detective Division conducted a total of 884 records background checks.

Juvenile Unit

The Juvenile Unit is responsible for the follow-up investigation of juvenile-involved police reports, runaways/missing juveniles, and crimes and delinquent problems involving juveniles.

The Juvenile Unit also conducts various youth programs and maintains Department contact with juveniles throughout the local school systems and area youth programs. The Juvenile Unit is composed of two Investigators who are responsible for criminal investigations, as well as non-criminal matters, involving Binghamton youth (under 18 years of age). Periodically, these Investigators are used to investigate adult cases. In 2019, the Juvenile Unit worked 625 cases involving 60 felony and 117 misdemeanor offenses, which resulted in 16 162 Family Court petitions filed and 134 Reprimands. In addition, Investigators cleared 107 missing persons/runaway cases.

The Juvenile Division works to deter juvenile crimes, divert youth from a path of crime and rehabilitate juveniles to become productive adults in the community. In order to bring cases to a successful resolution, the unit works closely with parents/guardians, City schools, Gang Prevention, Family Court, the Broome County District Attorney’s Office, County Social Services, County Juvenile Probation Department, the Broome County Child Advocacy Center, and other youth and service agencies.

Identification Unit (Crime Scene Unit & Property)

The Identification Unit (I.D./Crime Scene/Property/Evidence) is responsible for the classification, maintenance, security, and disposition of all non-agency property coming into its custody. The Identification Unit assists other Departmental units with the identification, collection, and custodial security of evidence, as well as evidence processing, analysis, and protection of the chain of custody.

The Identification Unit is composed of a supervisor (Sergeant) and two Investigators. The main function of this unit is to process crime scenes and manage collected property and physical evidence of the department. This is the only fully functioning municipal crime scene unit in Broome County. The members receive special training in Crime Scene Processing, such as fingerprint analysis, photographing techniques, DNA collection, evidence handling and proper evidence storage practices.

The unit maintains a Statewide Automated Biometric Identification System (SABIS) regional workstation, which has access to the New York State and Federal fingerprint databases. Quality fingerprint images that have been recovered from crime scenes can be traced through SABIS and can result in identifying a suspect who may be responsible for committing a crime. Neighboring law enforcement agencies utilize this workstation by submitting their latent fingerprint evidence to this unit for analysis and searching within the database. Personnel assigned to I.D. have utilized their expertise in examining latent fingerprints to solve many cases by effecting identifications of unknown suspects.

The Crime Scene Unit started using digital imaging many years ago for documenting evidence and crime scenes. The Binghamton Police Department was the first agency on the East Coast to utilize an authentication software database, which is recommended by the FBI. The unit is responsible for training patrol officers in the use of assigned l cameras and maintaining the digital image database, which includes disseminating images by various means to the District Attorney’s Office, other criminal justice agencies and in satisfaction of public records requests.

The unit maintains a laboratory that is outfitted with state-of–the-art equipment. Investigators use this lab to photograph, process and preserve evidence for latent fingerprints and DNA evidence recovery and other processing and analysis.

The unit also renders assistance to other outside agencies. Duties performed for these agencies entail crime scene processing, lab work and latent fingerprint comparison. Other duties of the unit include but are not limited to:

• Fingerprinting and photographing arrestees
• Processing of all firearms received into department custody
• Processing civilian fingerprints
• Conducting background checks for other agencies
• Providing items for yearly countywide auction
• Maintaining criminal dispositions and seal orders
• Budgeting for the unit and purchasing supplies for evidence packaging
• Training members of the department in the proper handling and packaging of material
• Participating in speaking engagements to area schools and colleges to educate the community
• Presenting courtroom displays for courtroom testimony and criminal prosecution

Warrant Control Unit

The Warrant Control Unit is responsible for the coordination of the Department's warrant service, accurately recording the status of new warrants, warrants served and warrants canceled. The Warrant Control Unit is composed of a supervisor (Sergeant), Investigator and a non-sworn member with clerical duties. The unit focuses on arresting individuals that are fugitives from justice or have active Bench or Arrest Warrants issued by a Judge ordering their arrest. Both members are part of the United States Marshals Service; New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. This task force is made up of officers from Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies, working together in locating and capturing wanted persons.

Special Investigations Unit

The Special Investigations Unit is responsible for the investigation and suppression of all illegal narcotic activity ranging from street level operations up to and including major narcotic conspiracy efforts. The Binghamton Police Special Investigations Unit is composed of one sergeant and six investigators. It is also the responsibility of this Unit to enforce all vice activity including but not limited to gambling, prostitution, and ABC violations. The Binghamton Police Special Investigations Unit is part of the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force (BCSIUTF), which is composed of municipal and county police agencies.

BCSIUTF is a multi-jurisdictional task force primarily committed to the suppression of illegal and illicit drugs within Broome County. The Task Force actively pursues those individuals or groups 18 who manufacture, distribute or sell illegal drugs within the jurisdictional boundaries of Broome County. In addition, the Task Force focuses on enforcing laws related to illegal firearms, prostitution/sex-trade, and Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws of the State of New York. The Task Force also conducts special operations including, but not limited to, homicides, extortion, robbery, larcenies, weapons possession and counterfeiting cases.

As of 2021, the number of City of Binghamton Police Department personnel assigned is authorized at seven positions (one Sergeant and six Investigators). Overall Task Force staffing has fluctuated based on need and availability of the specific agency participating.

The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force is comprised of sworn law enforcement officers from the Broome County Sheriff’s Office, City of Binghamton Police Department, Village of Johnson City Police Department and the Endicott Police Department. Total staffing ranges from 14 to16 sworn officers. Since inception, this collaborative effort has proven to be a successful and productive venture with other area law enforcement agencies, all working towards a common goal for the betterment of the greater Binghamton area.

The Patrol Division is the largest personnel component of the Binghamton Police Department. In 2021, the Patrol Division comprises 83 sworn members (68 Police Officers and 15 Supervisors) assigned to the Patrol Reliefs. The Patrol Division is the most visible and noticed police presence in the community. The “uniformed” Police Officers are seen on Patrol on a daily basis and serve in the role as primary response personnel for all calls for service—emergency or otherwise, and both criminal and non-criminal in nature. It is often said the Patrol Division is the “backbone” of any police agency. All criminal complaints and calls for police service or action originate with the Patrol Division Officers.

The Binghamton Police Patrol Division is divided into three daily shifts, or “Patrol Reliefs.” Each Relief is staffed with between 26 and 30 sworn members, including five supervisors assigned to each Relief. The assigned personnel maintain both permanently assigned shifts and set days off, which are bid on an annual basis as per the collective bargaining agreement. Patrol Reliefs maintain regular and set hours of operation as follows:

Relief 1—10:45pm–6:45am
Relief 2—6:45am–2:45pm
Relief 3— 2:45pm–10:45pm

The Patrol Division covers the entire City, which is separated into 10 designated patrol posts. These defined sectors of the City are identified by post numbers, listed as 200–209. The Department utilizes bicycle and foot patrols within these defined posts, as well as the Community Response Team, to supplement the patrol post officers’ functions. The below map defines patrol post boundaries. Each assigned officer has responsibility for patrol duties, call response and general proactive patrol of their assigned sector in furtherance of the department’s goals and objectives. All sworn members are initially trained and assigned to the 13 Patrol Division upon graduation from the police academy. All other details and specialized police units serve in support of the Patrol Division, its personnel and operations. 

Binghamton Police—K-9 Unit

The Binghamton Police Department has four K-9 units. The K-9 handler and dog teams conduct searches of buildings, wooded areas and other places suited to search for criminal suspects or missing persons. They also detect the unlawful possession of narcotics, detect the odors and locations of explosive ordinances or certain chemicals/compounds used for explosive detonation. The K-9 teams are also used to retrieve articles of evidence.

Binghamton Police SWAT Team

Officers on patrol are highly trained in tactics and with the firearm they carry on duty. They are prepared to handle a host of situations, however there are times when a specialized unit is needed. The Binghamton police SWAT Team is made up of eight officers and one supervisor and is overseen by the Assistant Chief of Police in charge of operations. The members are highly trained and receive continuous specialized training in tactics and weapons to work as a team to counter special situations.

The Binghamton Police SWAT team also participates in the combined Metro SWAT Team. The Metro SWAT Team is made up of SWAT officers from the Binghamton Police Department, the Vestal Police Department and the Johnson City Police Department. They are responsible for handling any incidents that require SWAT response in these communities.

The SWAT Team has the responsibility of responding to any situation that requires specialized weapons and tactics. These situations include, but are not limited to, the following: hostage situations, barricaded suspects, violent civil unrest, and the execution of search warrants. The team training involves specialized tactics to enable them to end a situation with non-lethal force if at all possible. The team members are very dedicated and are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Hostage Negotiation Team

Although police officers are trained to deal with a wide range of situations concerning how to deal with emotionally or mentally disturbed citizens, the need sometimes arises for additional skills that the average patrol officer does not possess.

The Hostage Negotiation Team has the responsibility of responding to any situation that requires specialized negotiation skills. It is the objective of the team to preserve life and defuse volatile situations through negotiation, rather than using force. These situations include, but are not limited to, the following: hostage situations, barricaded persons, mentally challenged persons, and civil unrest. The Hostage Negotiation Team is sometimes deployed in conjunction with the SWAT Team.

The Traffic Division is composed of one Police Sergeant and one Police Officer, two Parking Enforcement Officers and one Vehicle Mechanic. The main objectives and specific functions, duties and areas of responsibility are as follows:

• To enforce traffic laws and parking ordinances in the City of Binghamton.
• To coordinate with DPW and the sign department to maintain proper street signage throughout the City.
• To order, maintain, and service all vehicles assigned to the Binghamton Police Department.
• To maintain the City’s impound yard.
• To coordinate the services of the City’s three major towing companies.
• To assist community organizations with special events conducted in the City consisting of benefit runs/walks, races, and parades.
• To maintain a Binghamton Auxiliary Police unit to assist with vehicle and pedestrian traffic during special events.
• To coordinate school crossing guards in the City of Binghamton.
• To post and maintain parking meters/kiosks in the City of Binghamton.

Crossing Guard Program

The Traffic Division is responsible for hiring crossing guards and coordinating school crossings in the City. There are currently 36 designated school crossings in the City. The Traffic Division currently has 43 crossing guards. All crossing guards are supplied with a reflective vest and a handheld stop sign. Crossing guards are necessary to ensure the safety of school children crossing busy City streets to and from school daily.

Auxiliary Police Program

There are currently 23 members of the Binghamton Police Auxiliary. These are non-sworn Auxiliary Officers with no police powers or law enforcement authority. These individuals are responsible for assisting Police Officers with vehicle and pedestrian traffic when needed, especially during benefit runs/walks and parades held by community organizations in the City. Their function is to ensure the safety of all participants and spectators at these events.

City Impound Yard Operations

In 2019, a total of 169 vehicles were entered into the City impound lot. The Traffic Division collected a total of $16,725 in fees associated with those impounded vehicles. 

Parking Enforcement Operations

In 2019, the Department issued 11,615 parking tickets for various violations. The fees collected for those violations totaled $390,263.

Special Event Management

The Traffic Division works with community organization to assist with events, such as parades and benefit runs/walks, that take place in the City. These events often require street closures and Police personnel to ensure safety for all participants and spectators.

Fleet Management

The Department currently has 90 vehicles in its fleet. These vehicles need to be maintained and serviced on a regular basis to ensure they are functioning properly. It is the responsibility of the Traffic Division to ensure the performance of fleet management and vehicle service duties.

The Police Records Bureau is responsible for establishing and maintaining a database of all documented police activities. This is accomplished through electronic means and traditional paper documents.

In 2019, the Records Bureau was staffed by four civilian employees. In 2019, there were 51,795 incidents handled by the police department, with 2,170 of these complaints being non-criminal domestic incidents. The Records Bureau is responsible for processing these complaints, which includes merging, reading, coding/categorizing, inputting and/or scanning data into the computer records management system, and filing reports.

Accurate and timely inputting of information into the records management system is very important as it directly affects the ability to accurately extract information on a daily basis for crime analysis, Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests, the District Attorney’s Office, and mandated state statistical reports. In addition, the Records Bureau is responsible for complying with record seal orders issued by various courts. Juvenile arrests are also sealed per Records Division procedure. Approximately 2,600 adult arrests and 158 juvenile arrests were sealed in 2019.

The Records Bureau in 2019 processed approximately 6,770 records requests from the public and various governmental agencies and other organizations, like the Broome County Department of Social Services, Broome County Probation, the Binghamton Housing Authority and the Crime Victim’s Board, among several others. In addition, the Records Bureau reviews and copies pertinent reports on a daily basis for Binghamton University Public Safety, Broome Community College Public Safety, the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier, NYS 24 Dept. of Transportation (motor vehicle accidents), and other City offices (i.e. Code Enforcement, Dept. of Public Works, Parks).