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Dexter Police Department Modifies Protocols Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus
March 19th 2020 by Dee Loflin
Dexter Police Department Modifies Protocols Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus

In an effort to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) The Dexter Police Department will be following modified protocols regarding to our calls for service. Dexter Police Department is committed to ensuring the safety of our citizens and businesses. We are not short staffed; we are still actively patrolling our community 24 hours a day with the same personnel as before. Some of our procedures have changed regarding how we handle certain calls for service to protect our staff and the public in general, but we are still here to serve and protect. All emergency calls will be responded to with officers.

Our officers will continue to respond to “in progress” calls and all emergency calls. All non-emergency and routine business calls will be handled over the telephone.

When a call for service warrants an officer’s response, our Communications Unit will ask all callers a brief series of basic screening questions to safeguard against exposure to responding officers. The response to these answers will not exclude a caller from receiving services or from having an officer respond, they will only allow the officer the opportunity to take necessary safety precautions if necessary.

We also request that the general public refrain from traveling to the Dexter Police Department and instead, make every attempt to report any incident via telephone (573-624-5512, Ext 1).

These modified protocols are in place to protect our officers so they may continue to serve this community without interruption, and they are also in place to protect the public and effectively diminish the spread of COVID-19 throughout the community.

We greatly appreciate your understanding and your cooperation. We want our community to know we are actively evolving with this situation and we intend to remain unwavering in our dedication to serve and protect this community.

Any member of the community can contact the Dexter Police Department by phone, our website, Facebook, or email (during business hours).

Phone number 573-624-5512 Ext 1

Website: http://visitdexter.com/police/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dexterpolicedepartment

Email – Trevor.pulley@dexterpd.com

Chief of Police

Trevor Pulley

 


Last Updated on March 19th 2020 by Dee Loflin




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Dear Clients:

We are STILL working for you and are hopeful as we continue to serve you.  However, due to the seriousness of COVID-19, we are discontinuing all face to face contact, meetings, and office conferences at this time.  We understand this will be a change in our usual way of serving you, but we feel these changes are necessary for the safety of all our clients, our staff, and families.

As a result, we ask that you send your information electronically when possible.  If you are not already a user of our online portal, please email us at rscmail@rsccpa.com and we will set you up to use our portal for a secure way to transfer documents and other data.  If you need to drop off information and cannot send it electronically, you can do so but we will restrict your entry to our lobby only.   

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Dexter, MO - Amid growing concerns for the COVID-19 Corona virus, CountyWide Insurance in Dexter is taking precautionary steps to keep our staff healthy so that we may continue to serve you.

"Our doors will remain closed during normal business hours, yet we will still be here for you," commented Alan Hedrick.  "We ask that you contact us via phone, fax, or email."

PHONE 573.624.5540

EMAIL: service@countywideins.com

PHONE 573.624.5360

"If you need to leave something for us, a drop space is available at our drive thru and the dropbox located on the Northside of the building at 140 S. Walnut Street in Dexter, MO."

"Please direct any questions or issues to our staff members.  We will be doing everything we can to continue business uninterrupted with a few minor changes in policy.  Thank you for your patience as we continue to serve you," continued Hedrick.

What does this mean for our customers? 

All of our offices will remain operational at this time with the doors locked.  Our staff will continue to assist our customers from their office locations. You may reach our employees via phone, fax or email.  

While we don’t anticipate significant changes in our customer service levels, it is possible that some processes may not be as efficient as you have come to expect given the nature of our temporary employee workstations. Rest assured we will do everything we can to make this process as seamless as possible to our policyholders. 

We remain committed to providing you with exemplary customer service and appreciate your consideration during this time. 

If you traditionally make your payments in person with cash at one of our locations. We would encourage you to contact us about additional payment options. If this is not possible we will do our best to assist you. 



Last Updated on March 17th 2020 by Dee Loflin




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