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For all police
emergencies, dial 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 dispatchers are in
radio contact with the patrol officers and will dispatch
them to the location of your emergency.
If, at any time, you
need a police officer to respond, but you do not feel it
is an emergency, please dial the non-emergency number at
the 9-1-1 dispatch center. The number is 570-992-9911.
The dispatchers are in radio contact with the patrol
officers and will dispatch them to your location as soon
as possible.
If you need to speak to
a police officer, or to anyone in police administration,
please feel free to contact our police headquarters at
570-421-6800 from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday through
Friday, with the exception of holidays. Each officer
and employee has voice mail and email where you can
leave a message if they are not readily available, or if
you call after our normal business hours. Please
consult our Officer Directory
for extension numbers.
While we may know them
as District Magistrates, these judges are officially
called Magisterial District Justices. Magisterial
District Court is the first level of judicial authority
in Pennsylvania, and is the court where most people
experience the judicial system for the first time.
District Magistrates
are part of the unified judicial system of the
Pennsylvania court system and are governed by the
Pennsylvania Rules of Court. On a local level, they
are under the supervision of President Judge Ronald
Vican. The daily administration of the district courts
are under the supervision of the District Justice
Administrator, Debra Krom. Please see our
Courts page
for contact information.
Magisterial District
Justices handle all traffic cases, including parking
tickets, other minor criminal cases and civil cases
involving amounts up to $8,000. District Justices also
set bail and conduct preliminary hearings in misdemeanor
and felony criminal cases to determine if the cases
should be dismissed or transferred to the Court of
Common Pleas for further proceedings.
The Stroud Area
Regional Police Department provides police services to
the Borough of Stroudsburg, the Borough of East
Stroudsburg, and the Township of Stroud. Each of these
municipalities is covered by a separate Magisterial
District Justice. Please see our
links page for information on which magistrate
covers your area, and how to contact their respective
offices.
The Stroud Area
Regional Police Department does not handle overtime
parking tickets.
Parking tickets are
issued by Parking Enforcement Officers who operate under
the auspices of the Borough of East Stroudsburg OR the
Borough of Stroudsburg, These Parking Enforcement
Officers are not part of the Stroud Area Regional Police
Department. Rather, they function separately and apart
from the police department, and report directly to their
respective boroughs.
In Stroudsburg Borough,
parking tickets can be paid in person at the Stroudsburg
Municipal Building, 2nd Floor, 7th & Sarah Sts., via US
mail, or by dropping the sealed ticket, along with the
fine, into the red parking ticket collection boxes
placed in the borough. Among other locations, a red
parking ticket collection box is mounted at the side
door of the Municipal Building, and another is mounted
at the northeast corner of N. 7th and Main Streets,
Stroudsburg.
Questions regarding a
parking ticket issued by the Stroudsburg Parking
Enforcement Officers should be directed to the
Stroudsburg Borough Office at 570-421-5444.
In East Stroudsburg
Borough. parking tickets can be paid in person at the
East Stroudsburg Municipal Building, 24 Analomink St.,
East Stroudsburg, via US mail, or by dropping the sealed
ticket, along with the fine, into the parking ticket
collection box at the East Stroudsburg Municipal
Building at the corner of Analomink Street and Crystal
Street, East Stroudsburg.
Questions regarding a
parking ticket issued by the East Stroudsburg Parking
Enforcement Officers should be directed to the East
Stroudsburg Borough Office at 570-421-8300.
In addition, please see
our Links page for more
information on each borough's website.
A traffic citation is
any citation written for a violation of the vehicle
code. The more common traffic citations are issued for
speeding, failure to yield, improper inspection,
improper registration, or driver's license issues.
If you receive a
traffic citation and you intend to plead guilty to the
offense, you may simply issue payment to the District
Magistrate listed on your copy of the citation.
If you receive a
traffic citation and you intend to plead NOT guilty to
the offense, you may request a court date from the
District Magistrate's office listed on your copy of the
citation.
If you have misplaced
the original citation and need additional information
regarding the citation, you may contact the issuing
officer by using our
Officer
Directory, or by contacting the District Magistrate
who has jurisdiction over the location where the offense
occurred. For additional information regarding the
jurisdictions of each of the magistrates, please use our
Links page.
You may refer to a
non-traffic citation as a 'ticket'. An individual might
receive a 'ticket' for such activity as Public
Drunkeness, Disorderly Conduct, Violation of local
ordinances, Violation of alcohol laws, and other minor
offenses. Non-traffic citations are handled at the
individual magistrate's offices. Locate the name of the
magistrate on your citation. Use the magistrate
directory on the Monroe County 9-1-1 website at
www.monroeco911.com
or go to the Monroe County website at
www.co.monroe.pa.us
for additional contact information for the individual
magistrate's office.
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