Saddle Brook Police Department
Emergency Notification and Information Communication System

NIXLE TO BE NEW PROVIDER OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS
FROM SADDLE BROOK POLICE DEPT

Web-EM to be shut down by vendor on September 1, 2009

Click here for PDF Instruction Sheet for NIXLE

Our current emergency notification system, Web-EM will no longer function as of September 1, 2009. The company that provided the infrastructure for the service since November 2006 has notified us that it will permanently shut down the service on September 1st.

While this announcement came as a complete surprise to us, an alternative infrastructure company has been located and best of all it is absolutely free to not only the end user, but also to the Township. The service is called NIXLE. It provides email, text and internet messages through secure servers that are housed at the same facility as law enforcement's national messaging service (NLETS). Current users of the system include Baltimore, Virginia Beach, Minneapolis and local towns such as Oradell. Over 1,200 municipalities nationwide have signed on to NIXLE as of July 1st and the number is growing. One of the major enhancements that this system has over our current system is that is allows us to send messages not only to the entire Township, but also to a radius from ¼ mile to 20 miles from any particular address within the Township. This will allow us to better concentrate the messages to those residents and businesses that it is intended to reach and also all messages to cross over the borders where it may also have an impact. New messages will be classified by us as Alerts (emergency), Advisories, Community and Traffic.

The Saddle Brook Police Department has already registered as a participating agency, now it is your turn. It is very simple to do. Go to www.NIXLE.com and click the register now. Simply complete the registration form and you are in. What is great about NIXLE is that you can register more than one address on your account. If you work in another town or have a vacation home, or want to keep tabs on what is going on in your parent's home in another state, you can simply add another address. If the town that you entered is not currently using NIXLE, the system will advise you of that and it will also notify you when they come on board.

Saddle Brook Police are already posting messages on the NIXLE service. We will run both the NIXLE and the outgoing service until the provider shuts down the Web-EM on September 1st. Help us spread the word of the new service provider and help continue to keep Saddle Brook a safe place to live.

If you have any questions concerning the new service, you can email us at notify@saddlebrookpd.com, got to the NIXLE page on the SBPD web site (www.SaddleBrookPD.com) where we have a downloadable instruction sheet. If you still have questions, comments or concerns, feel free to contact Captain Glenn Toepert at 201-843-7000 ext 2026.

We will also continue to post emergency message on Saddle Brook Television

Saddle Brook Television
Cablevision Channel 77 and Verizon Fios Channels 38 & 39

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
* While the service is offered at no charge from the Township, those that select the cellular text option should check with their cellular carriers as they may charge for the text/e-mail messages received on your phone if not already included in your plan.  The Township of Saddle Brook will not be responsible for charges made by cellular carriers in reference to cellular text/e-mail messages sent in conjunction with this program.*

If you have any questions on the new system or would like more information, you can e-mail us at notify@saddlebrookpd.com or call Capt. Toepert at 201-843-7000 ext 2026

 DISCLAIMER
While we will make every attempt to send out emergency broadcasts and information broadcast in a timely manner, the Saddle Brook Police Department, nor the Township of Saddle Brook can guarantee 100% compliance.  This system is designed with redundancy, however issues concerning availability of the internet, television, and cellular communication may delay or prohibit messages from getting out. This system is complimentary to existing outlets for information and should not be considered the only method of emergency notification.