Overview
Richard Matott, Director of Public Safety
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The Public Safety
Department is a combined police and fire department, located
at City Hall. The Department boasts 23 state certified
sworn police officers who are also state certified
firefighters and state certified medical first responders
along with 5 civilian personnel assigned to the
Communications/Records section. Coverage for the City
of Bloomfield Hills is accomplished 24/7/365 through a mix
of 24 hour and 8 hour shift scheduling. When the
officers are assigned police duties they respond to
emergency calls, accidents, and all other police-related
matters. When the same officers are assigned fire
duties they participate in community services such as public
education in fire safety and hazard recognition. The
officers also perform the functions of fire suppression,
emergency medical treatment, planning and emergency
management, and hazardous materials control and mitigation.
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