Belmont Launches Public Safety Channel on YouTube

The newly formed Belmont Public Safety Office is taking advantage of technology to educate residents on everything from when to call the police to prepping for an emergency.

With the launch of the Belmont Public Safety Channel on YouTube, the police and fire departments will make information more accessible to the public.

The YouTube channel will be used to showcase videos dealing with crime prevention, fire safety and emergency preparedness. 

“After this summer’s rash of residential and vehicle burglaries we wanted a way to show the public what kind of activity they should be calling us about,” said Belmont Police Chief Don Mattei. 

The channel’s first video is “When and Why to Call the Police.”

Belmont police and fire are separate departments within the City but

“This arrangement allowed us to develop this idea together and will lead to other cooperative efforts to improve public safety in Belmont,” said Fire Chief Doug Fry.

 “We want to make this type of safety information more accessible to the public in an easy-to-use and hopefully entertaining format,” Fire Chief Fry added.

This is not Belmont’s first use of high-tech media for outreach to the community. 

“Belmont PD has been on Twitter for about a year and currently have over 625 followers,” said Police Chief Mattei. “It is important that we communicate with the pubic using formats they want to use, including YouTube.”

A link to the new public safety channel can be found on the City of Belmont website.  Go to www.belmont.gov and click on Watch us on YouTube on the Police Department homepage.