Public Safety Department

Angelo M. Nuzzo, Director
216-433-1300
anuzzo@cityofbrookpark.com
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Department Links

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program

Click on the CodeRED Emergency Notification logo above for
program registration and information

NEWS

Potential Telephone Solicitation Scam(s)
Be very wary of telephone solicitation calls asking for charitable contributions on behalf of the Brook Park Police or Fire Departments. We understand that some of our residents have received calls like this over the past several months. Our Police and Fire Departments do not telephone solicit for charitable donations. Calls of this nature should be considered potential scams. There are, however, non-city police and fire organizations that do telephone solicit for charitable contributions. If in doubt, ask the charitable organization to send you information. If it’s a scam, asking for information to be mailed to you will usually end the conversation. If they continue to pursue the call, tell them you’re not interested and hang up the phone.

CODE RED Emergency Notification System
The city officially transitioned to our new emergency notification system, CODE RED, in June. The system provides a tremendous upgrade to our capability by allowing us to call about 700 residents per minute. Because of the ease and speed of the system, we will routinely broadcast non-emergency public service messages, too. We feel the system significantly enhances our ability to communicate with you, our residents, on short-notice issues/events that may impact or be of interest to you. Residents whose home phone numbers are currently listed in public phone registries are automatically inputted into the system. Those residents whose home numbers are unlisted will need to register their phone numbers. You can access additional CODE RED information or the easy registration form by clicking on the CODE RED logo on the City of Brook Park’s website home page. You can also pick up the information and registration form in the lobby of City Hall, and return it to the Public Safety Director for input into the system.
Additionally, we have contracted with CODE RED to include their automated Weather Warning Service. This is a voluntary program so that any resident that wants to be included in this program will have to register whether your phone number is listed or unlisted. This program will automatically alert you to impending weather conditions (severe thunderstorms, tornados, or flash floods) that could impact you and your family. If your home falls within the weather warning box issued by the National Weather Service, you will automatically receive a call, day or night, to alert you to the potentially dangerous situation. Again, the easy CODERED registration form has a box to uncheck if you don’t want this valuable service.

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program
To become a member of our team, residents can pick up brochures and applications in the
front lobby of City Hall and at the receptionist window at the Fire Station on Holland Road.
Our next training session will be conducted in early 2010. Organizational meetings are held every two months with the next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th at 7 p.m. at the Recreation Center. If you are interested in joining our program or want to learn more about our CERT program, please feel free to attend our meeting.

Airport Acquisition Program
City Council recently approved an ordinance to vacate the Phase I Acquisition Area streets which will allow Cleveland to remove the streets per the Settlement Agreement. The roads have been barricaded and Cleveland anticipates street removal to begin in early 2010. The acquisition of homes in Phase I officially ended on April 26, 2009. Per the Settlement Agreement, Cleveland now has seven years to decide whether they want to purchase homes in Phase II, which now includes the homes on Parkland Ave. through Grayfriar Dr. along Sheldon Rd.

Airport Noise Compatibility Study
The Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is in the midst of updating their Part 150 Noise Compatibility Study. The FAA established the Part 150 Study to address the level of impact aircraft noise has on neighboring communities. The Part 150 Noise Study will document noise levels from current aircraft operations and forecasted future operations. The study is expected
to take approximately 18 months to complete. It will take the FAA up to six months to review and approve the recommendations. Several public workshops have been held so far to assure adequate opportunities for the general public to engage airport officials on issues that contribute
to the surrounding noise environment. Final public workshops will be scheduled early next year to present the final recommendations the airport will submit to the FAA. Workshop dates and times will be posted on the Brook Park city website and the Airport Noise Study website. For more information regarding the Part 150 study, visit the CLE Noise Study website at www.clenoisestudy.com or contact the Noise Study hotline at 216-265- 6788. Cleveland Hopkins Airport Noise Complaint Hotline: 216-898-5220. Cleveland Hopkins Airport’s Residential Sound Insulation Program: 216-265-6004.