Photo credit Belleville Township: The New Chief Mark Minichini Command Center will allow township police to maintain social distancing protocols within its headquarters.
The Belleville Police Department’s new communications center will not only provide officers with upgraded equipment to help them continue to keep residents safe and secure, but it will help keep the officers safe, too.
The center where police, fire and general 911 emergency calls are routed has been moved into a closed space inside police headquarters, taking it from a common area inside the building to a designated place where COVID-19 protocols such as social distancing are easier to follow.
The officers who man the communications center every minute of every day will be separated by Plexiglas partitions, and a state-of-the-art filtration system will keep the air clean and safe.
Township officials were on hand earlier this week for a ceremony to dedicate the Chief Mark Minichini Communication Center.
Chief Minichini was presented with a plaque by Captain Nick Breiner and Deputy Chief Gerard Corbo that will hang in the center, honoring his years of service to the township.
“The plaque was a pleasant surprise,” Chief Minichini said. “I am humbled and appreciative that they decided to name the center after me. It came out beautiful and it will serve as a model for other agencies.”
Photo credit Belleville Township: Chief Mark Minichini was presented with a plaque from Deputy Chief Gerard Corbo, left, and Captain Nick Breiner, right.
Photo credit Belleville Township: The command center has features such as plexiglas partitions and a powerful air filtration system that will keep the officers safe.
Photo credit Belleville Township: The command center was paid for with CARES Act grant monies. It went from conception to up and running in a matter of months.
