Adopted Budget - Bedford County, Virginia

3560 COMMUNICATIONS CENTERDEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONThe Communications Center is a joint center for Bedford County/City. TheCommunications Center operates 24 hours a day seven days a week and serves as thePublic Safety Answering Point for both the County and City. The Communication Centerstaff answer all 911 lines in addition to numerous administrative lines.The Department provides dispatching services for Bedford County Sheriff’s Office,Bedford City Police Department, all fire and rescue agencies (including the career stafffor the County), Animal Control and all after hours calls for the City Electric and PublicWorks Departments.The Department also interacts with numerous other agencies including State Police andGame Wardens. The Communication Center processes all criminal warrants andprotective orders for the County and City and maintains all entries into the CriminalJustice Computer systems. Staff programs all radios and pagers and coordinates allrepairs on all radio equipment for the county on the regional radios system.Contact InformationCommunications Center1345 Falling Creek RoadBedford, VA 24523(540) 586-7827 - phone(540) 586-7668 - fax