Glenview Police Respond Only To Emergency Or High Priority Calls

GLENVIEW, IL — The Glenview Police Department has implemented safety precautions aimed at protecting citizens and employees from the spread of the new coronavirus. According to a summary of the new protocol, officers will only be sent to the scene of high-priority or emergency calls for service.

That means police will still respond to crimes against people, domestic calls, traffic crashes with injuries or lane blockage, burglary reports and activated burglar alarms, evidence collection and crime scene processing, or any situation where a shift supervisors decides it is necessary.

But low-priority calls for service — information for police, delayed reports, non-emergency calls, crimes against properties or violations of village ordinances — will only be handled over the phone, according to the protocol.

Officers will return calls to the department's non-emergency line at 847-729-5000 and generate police reports over the phone.

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Though the lobby of the police station at 2500 East Lake Avenue remains open, village staff asked residents not to show up with low-priority requests for service — or if they have traveled internationally within the past 14 days or have a fever, flu-like symptoms or shortness of breath and do not require medical assistance.

At least one Glenview resident has tested positive for the virus as of Sunday, according to local school districts.

More information about the novel coronavirus is available online from the Cook County Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Residents with questions or concerns may also call the Illinois COVID-19 hotline at 800-889-3931, or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.