Potential lapse in non-emergency phone service for city police

The Batavia city police department may have an interruption in its non-emergency phone service (for line 345-6350) beginning Thursday morning at about 9:00am and lasting throughout the day. Crews are working to reroute the line to the 911 dispatch center located at the county sheriff's office on Park Road in anitcipation of the consolidation. Once the switchover is complete, calls to that number will go simultaneously to the Batavia police station and the sheriff's dispatch. If anyone has problems calling 345-6350 any time tomorrow, they are asked to use the new administrative number for the city police at 345-6444. It should be noted that all emergency calls should still go through 911.