Staff Services Division
FALL RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
STAFF SERVICES DIVISION
685 PLEASANT STREET
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS 02721
508-676-8511
The Staff Services Division of the Fall River Police Department consists of the Communications Center,
the Records Room, and the Jail, Property & Detention areas for both adult and juvenile, males and females,
who are arrested and detained at our facility. Deputy Chief of Administration Cathleen Moniz leads this
division, which has a subordinate command staff of a lieutenant as the commanding officer, and six sergeants
who supervise the day and nighttime shifts. Staff Services also has the responsibility for building maintenance
and security.
The centralized Communications Center located at the Fall River Police Department handles all incoming
routine and E–911 calls–for–service including those that require the dispatching of police,
fire and emergency medical personnel. Communications personnel are civilian employees, trained as E–911
telecommunicators, as well as police, fire, and EMS dispatchers, who operate the center 24 hours per day,
everyday of the year, under the supervision of a Fall River police sergeant. The Communications Center
operates several computer systems that integrate the call-taking section with the police, fire, and EMS
dispatch section, enhancing the Police, Fire and EMS Departments’ abilities to respond to citizens’
calls–for–service in a timely manner.
The Police Department’s lock–up and detention areas consist of twenty adult male cells, six
adult female cells, five juvenile holding cells, and a youth attendant room for juveniles under the age of
fourteen. The jail and booking section is responsible for the recording of personal data, photographing,
fingerprinting, care, and custody of all persons arrested, taken into custody, and detained at the Fall River
Police Department prior to making bail, being transferred to another facility, or transported to court for
arraignment. The booking room, which is the receiving and processing area for all persons who are arrested
and being held at our lock-up, along with the adult male lock-up area, is manned by Fall River police officers.
The adult female, juvenile and youth attendant areas of the detention section are monitored by a Fall River
Police detention attendant. All personnel assigned to the lock-up section are under the direct supervision
of a Fall River police sergeant.
The Records Room is that area of the Department in which all recorded, hardcopy reports are filed, stored
and maintained as well as all information pertaining to persons arrested and/or charged with criminal offenses,
and also the archives section of records.
The Records Room is the office that supplies records, reports, other official paperwork, and audio and visual
records to the public, lawyers (both prosecutors and defense attorneys), courts, other law enforcement agencies,
social service agencies, and other interested levels of local, state and federal governments who either meet the
criteria to receive such documents or are granted records as the result of a court order. Most police reports
are readily available to the general public during normal business hours, at a minimal fee, under the Public
Information Act as well as under M.G.L. Chapter 66, section 10.
Lieutenant Joseph T. Donnelly Jr.
Commanding Officer
Staff Services Division
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