Nonemergency police dispatch on special number for day or two

ROCHESTER - Rochester Police announced on Friday night that their business phone (non-emergency) lines are down: 603-330-7127, including all extensions with 330-71**).

This outage does not affect emergency 911 calls. All 911 calls will still be answered by an emergency dispatcher.

Anyone who needs to reach dispatch with a non-emergency issue is asked to call 603-332-2354, which will ring into the dispatch center.

This outage of our non-emergency numbers is expected to last 24-48 hours. The public will be advised when they have been restored.