Crime & Safety
Fairfield Police Want to Know: 'Are You O.K.'
The department offers a free program designed to look out for the welfare of our community's elderly, handicapped and housebound.
A Fairfield Police program dating back to 1998 is still working to make sure community members are OK.
The program — "Are You O.K." — is an electronic reassurance system provided at no charge to residents. The department says it was implemented in 1998 for the elderly, handicapped or housebound to help guarantee their well-being and safety.
"It allows you to register with the Fairfield Police Department and receive a phone call at your residence, electronically at a predetermined time everyday," the department writes on its Facebook page. "If there is no answer the computer will make a second attempt and if there is still no answer the computer alerts the Emergency Communications Center and a police officer is dispatched to the residence to check on the welfare of the subscriber."
You may pick up a registration form at the Fairfield Police Department, 100 Reef Road, or at the front office of the Senior Center, 100 Mona Terrace. You may also download the registration form here: http://fpdct.com/pdf/ru_ok.pdf
Once you fill out the form, bring it in to police headquarters.
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