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Emergency Communications
The Department of Emergency Communications (DEC) collaborates with multiple citywide agencies to serve Milwaukee residents and ensure the public safety of its citizens. We value our partners listed below.
The Milwaukee Police Department strives to be a department where every member works with our community to help build sustainable healthy neighborhoods, free of crime and maintained by positive relationships.
The Milwaukee Fire Department is committed to protecting the people and property within our city. We will be responsive to the needs of our citizens by providing rapid, professional, humanitarian services essential to the health, safety, and well-being of the city.
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) works to ensure the City of Milwaukee is ready for any kind of emergency leading efforts to protect life, property, and the environment by developing, coordinating, and managing programs that prevent, prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate natural and man-made disasters and emergencies.
The Fire and Police Commission oversees all aspects of Fire Department and Police Department operations.