🚓Police & Public Safety

Rochester Police Department (RPD)

Please call 911 for all emergencies.

For NON-emergencies you can call 311 or use the new app: "Report-it"

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 9, 2023: RPD Reorganization

RPD Goodman Section

The Upper Monroe neighborhood is serviced by the Goodman Section of the RPD located at 630 North Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY 14605. The Goodman Section is commanded by Rochester Police Captain, Jason A. Elwood.

The telephone number at the Goodman Section is (585) 428-9805. The Goodman Section office is open Monday - Friday, 8:45 AM - 3:15 PM; closed weekends and holidays.

The Goodman Section is comprised of nine patrol car beats numbered 205, 215, 225, 235, 245, 255, 265, 275 and 285. The Upper Monroe neighborhood is patrol car beat #255. See maps below.

The Goodman Section has a Community Affairs Bureau sub-station at the City of Rochester's South East Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) in the Village Gate complex at 320 Goodman Street North, Rochester, NY 14607.

The Community Affairs Bureau is commanded by Deputy Chief Keith Stith and assists Chief of Police David M. Smith in coordinating all communications, public information and community engagement initiatives. The Community Affairs Bureau commands the Community Policing Unit, which includes the Neighborhood Service Centers (NSC) and Crime Prevention Officers (CPOs).

Each month or so representatives from the Goodman Section and the Community Affairs Bureau meet with neighborhood representatives to review and discuss crime activity.

RECENT CRIME REPORTS COVERING THE UPPER MONROE AREA: Police Reports

WEBPAGE: Rochester Police Department YouTube page.

Additional Information

• NEWS ARTICLE April 11, 2024 from The Beacon: "RPD and the community"

• WEBPAGE RPD: Vehicle crime prevention tips

• WEBPAGE Report It - The Anonymous Reporting System for Non-Emergency Crime Tips

• WEBPAGE Crime Stoppers Program

PUBLIC POLICY PROPOSALS The Consortium for Safe Communities

• NEWS ARTICLE: September 26. 2023 article from WXXI News: "Here’s what Rochester police’s reorganization will look like"

• NEWS ARTICLE: July 31 article from D&C on "Rochester has highest car theft increase in the U.S. Most suspects are 13 to 18 years old"

• NEWS ARTICLE: July 21, 2023 article in the Rochester Beacon on "The divide at the RPD"

• NEWS ARTICLE: July 13, 2023 article in the Rochester Beacon on "Cars, guns and youth crime"

• INTERVIEW: Notes from a recent community-based interview the with RPD Chief, David M. Smith from a July 10, 2023 meeting of NBN6, a collection of neighborhood associations located in the southeast section of the city. These notes were provided by NBN6.