The Bellefontaine Police Department in partnership with Mary Rutan Hospital, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration now has a full-time opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Thanks to Mary Rutan Hospital, there is now a medication drop box in the lobby of the police department. The site cannot accept liquids or needles/sharps. Pills and patches will be accepted. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows year after year that the majority of misused and abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including someone else’s medication being stolen from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs, go to www.DEATakeBack.com
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The Bellefontaine Police Department is taking an active role in preventing and solving crime by installing Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reading (ALPR) cameras.
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Flock Safety ALPR cameras help law enforcement investigate crime by providing objective evidence that can be transformed into actionable leads. They capture license plates and vehicle characteristics, not people or faces.

Bellefontaine Police Department will use the Flock Safety system for both proactive and reactive crime fighting. The ALPR network delivers real-time alerts to law enforcement when a stolen or wanted vehicle has passed a camera. The license plate readers can also alert officers if a vehicle associated with a missing person in an AMBER or Silver Alert is detected. When investigating a crime, Flock Safety cameras detect and decode objective leads for law enforcement using Vehicle FingerprintTM technology, which identifies the make, vehicle type, color, license plate (full, partial, or missing), license plate state, and unique vehicle features like roof rack, trailer hitch, tinted windows, and more.

“This technology will help keep our community safer. Without a doubt, this system will provide the needed support our patrol officers need on a daily basis. We’re excited to launch this soon and begin utilizing it,” said Chief Brandon Standley of the Bellefontaine Police Department.

Flock Safety cameras are not used for traffic enforcement and do not include facial recognition capabilities. The data is never sold or shared with third parties, and every search conducted by the system requires an auditable search justification. The footage is securely stored in the cloud and automatically deleted every 30 days, by default.
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About Flock Safety
Flock Safety is the first public safety operating system that powers 1,500 cities to capture objective evidence, make it actionable with machine learning, and deliver it directly into the hands that stop crime. Flock Safety cameras have been shown to reduce crime by up to 70%. Visit www.flocksafety.com for more information.

Each April, National Public Safety Telecommunications Week is celebrated to honor the men and women who serve in the capacity of a dispatcher. This year, the week of April 10-16 we will honor our police dispatchers who do an incredible job of serving our citizens each and every day. Too often, citizens do not realize how much effort goes into the logistics of police and EMS dispatching. Their actions save lives and helps to organize emergency response.

We have provided this awesome video for you to watch in their honor. Please view it and consider how important our police dispatchers are to our City.
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We thank Horvath Productions for their talents in making this a big success!

The Bellefontaine Police Department will be hosting a special event on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 6:30 PM at the Bellefontaine Police Department, located at 135 North Detroit Street, Bellefontaine.  We announce an Open House for those interested in joining our team.  The event will include a presentation on hiring standards and process for becoming a Police Officer, tour of the facilities, viewing some of our additional equipment, and more.  Don’t miss this chance to meet the staff and introduce yourself to a world of professional policing services! 

The Bellefontaine Police Department is looking for individuals who are service-minded, have a high degree of integrity, ready to learn, open to feedback, and able to communicate easily.  This open house opportunity will help you know whether you’re prepared or not to enter this career choice.  We will provide you with information on how to apply for future vacancies.
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We offer competitive wages and benefits, health insurance plan, pension plan, incentives for attaining additional education, and much more!  Our family environment is poised and ready to accept individuals with a strong work ethic and a desire to serve our community.  If you have the desire and accept the challenge, we’ll help you succeed in shaping your future!  Please register by emailing us your name to [email protected] no later than Noon on the day of the event.  You may also call to register at (937)599-1010.  Please bring valid identification with you to the event.  Please plan to arrive before 6:30 PM.  The event will start promptly at 6:30 PM and last approximately 90-minutes.  We hope to see you there! 

We’re now expanding our search for qualified candidates to fill our future vacancies! We have joined the National Testing Network! The NTN provides a seamless option for job seekers and for employers to connect. Interested candidates should go to the National Testing Network website at https://www.nationaltestingnetwork.com/ and sign up to take their exam at a trusted exam site.  Upon receipt of your test score, you can then have your score sent to our agency. Additional information would then be supplied to you for our specific process. This process helps us maintain an ongoing eligibility list.
 
The Bellefontaine Police Department now is hiring using three methods:

1. Civil Service testing
2. National Testing Network
3. Lateral Transfers

​We’re searching for the best!  If you want to join a team that’s committed to excellence and committed to community policing, look no further!  We offer competitive wage and benefits, paid vacations, education incentives, and quality training opportunities.  Your service years will be taken into consideration at time of hire that could help increase your starting wage at the appropriate Step on our wage scale.

APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL POSITIONS ARE FILLED!
 
Applications may be picked up at our department, located at 135 North Detroit Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio, 43311.  Additionally, you can email our office at [email protected] and we can scan you the application to complete. The application information is also available below.  If you have questions, please contact Lt. Scott Marlow ([email protected]) or by calling (937) 599-1010.  Applications will be reviewed often.  Applications are valid for up to one year of receipt. 

9/2/21 UPDATE: The Civil Service Exam deadline has now passed. Please check back later for upcoming Civil Service Exam dates. At this time, the Bellefontaine Police Department is still looking for qualified candidates for employment through lateral transfers and the National Testing Network. Learn more here.

We are hiring police officers!

Applications due by Friday, July 23, 2021 at 4:30 pm in the Mayor's Office. Civil Service Exam on Saturday, August 7, 2021.

APPLY NOW TO JOIN OUR TEAM!
 
We’re searching for the best!  If you want to join a team that’s committed to excellence and committed to community policing, look no further!  We offer competitive wage and benefits, paid vacations, education incentives, and quality training opportunities.  Your service years will be taken into consideration at time of hire.

Applications may be picked up in the Mayor’s Office at the City Building, located at 135 North Detroit Street (2nd Floor), Bellefontaine, Ohio, 43311.  Additionally, you can email our office at [email protected] and we can scan you the application to complete.  If you have questions, please contact Officer Mike Morgan at [email protected], or by calling (937) 599-1010.  Deadline to return your application is July 1, 2021 to the Mayor’s Office.

​The Bellefontaine Police Department, in conjunction with the Bellefontaine Civil Service Commission is proud to announce that effective in 2020, the Bellefontaine Police Department will begin accepting lateral transfers.  This change will now allow current law enforcement officers that already work in policing to apply to work at our agency.  This eliminates the need for current law enforcement officers to take a written examination and a physical agility exam to enter the hiring process.  Instead, when a date is announced, the City will accept applications for lateral transfers.  Then, after the application phase ends, further steps in the hiring process will then start.  Those steps will still include an oral board interview, polygraph exam, psychological exam, background investigation, and medical review.  Following those steps, a list will be compiled of qualified candidates.  This list will be considered an additional pool of candidates that the City may hire from aside from any list certified by the Civil Service Commission of applicants who have not yet been hired by another agency.  The City then may choose to hire from either list, allowing for a broader view of potential candidates.  

To request a notification of the next officer entry level testing, please fill out the request on the Police Employment page.

The Bellefontaine Civil Service Commission announces a three-part competitive examination including written eligibility, a physical agility evaluation and an oral interview to establish a Civil Service Eligibility List for the position of POLICE OFFICER in Bellefontaine Ohio Police Department.
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Applications may be received by mail or obtained during regular business hours at the Bellefontaine Police Department, City Building, 135 North Detroit Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311 and must be filed with the Service Safety Director's Office, City Building, 2nd Floor, 135 North Detroit Street, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311 no later than 4:30 p.m. August 14, 2020. The city building is closed to the public at this time due to COVID-19. Please contact Heather Feasel to set an appointment for returning your application at 937-592-4376 or email at [email protected].

Additional information & application requirements available here. ​

We have several openings for the 2020 SAFETY TOWN program.  If you are interested please get signed up quickly.  Sign up is available through the Bellefontaine Joint Recreation District website.

http://bellefontaineoh.myrec.com/info/activities/

SAFETY TOWN WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEKS OF JULY 6-10 AND JULY 13-17. PLEASE NOTE SESSION OCCUPANCY IS LIMITED TO 12 CHILDREN PER SESSION DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS.

This is a free program held for children who will be entering kindergarten in the Fall. This program includes pedestrian safety, traffic signals and signs, fire safety, good and bad touch, not getting in cars with strangers and hazards of drugs, among other things. Instructors are trained officers from the Bellefontaine Police Department, Logan County Sheriff's Office and may be assisted by Township Officers and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The instructors use films, lectures, coloring books, traffic signs and signals, and stress vehicle and bus safety during their time with the students.

All sessions will be held at Mac-A-Cheek Learning Center (formerly Western Intermediate School) at 1130 W. Sandusky Ave. (St. Rt. 47 W) where the children will enter through the rear (north) doors. Classes last approximately two hours and are held Monday through Friday with both 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. sessions available. Parents may attend sessions with their children as needed or desired and should inform the instructor of their intent when signing in their child each day.

If you have any questions or need more information please feel free to contact Tim Notestine at (937) 593-0417 or [email protected]

The Bellefontaine Police Department will be hosting two, one-day Youth Academy Classes in March 2020.

The classes will be on the following Saturdays, March 7th and March 14th. The class will run from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

These two classes are open to all Logan County high school Juniors or Seniors who have an interest in pursuing a law enforcement career or just want to explore the idea of that career path.

Applications can be picked up in your High School's office or at the Bellefontaine Police Department. Applications need to be returned to your High School Office or the Bellefontaine Police Department no later than February 20, 2020.
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The course is FREE so pick the date that fits your schedule.