Frequently Asked Questions

• Report a fire or request emergency medical services
• Serious crime that is in progress or just occurred
• Property crime (burglary, theft, etc.) in progress or has just occurred
• Vehicle crash with or without injury.

• Nuisance issues, such as loud music
• Earlier thefts
• Burglaries that occurred earlier, and the suspect is no longer there
• Road/weather conditions
• Loud music complaints

Telecommunicators are trained to ask specific questions to obtain pertinent information for responders. For medical calls, they must follow a protocol established by the medical director for the Peoria Area EMS System. They must ask a list of specific questions for various types of medical emergencies. For police calls, they are required to ask a series of questions, such as, are weapons involved, suspect descriptions, vehicle descriptions, direction of travel, etc. Remember, because you are being asked questions, it does not mean your call is being delayed. The information is necessary to provide safety to not only you, but for the people who are responding to help you!

Every call that comes into the Emergency Communications Center is assigned a priority by the nature of the call. For example, if a call for loud music comes in, and then a fight in progress, the officers must respond to the fight before handling the loud music complaint.

• Peoria Police Phone: 309-673-4521
• Peoria Fire Phone: 309-674-3131
• Peoria County Sheriff Phone: 309-672-6011
• Peoria Heights Police Department 309-688-3461