Brockton News: Public Safety

No Parking During Snow Emergency

Please be advised that Mayor Robert Sullivan has declared a snow emergency in the City of Brockton effective Saturday - February 5, 2025 at 5pm. There is no parking on any city street during the snow emergency. The following locations have been established as free off-street snow emergency parking lots.  The parking lot on East…Read More

DW Field Park Re-opened to the Public

DW Field Park is re-opened to the public. Please note that areas of Waldo Lake, Upper Porter Pond, and Lower Porter Pond, including the Gazebo area, are still closed to the public out of an abundance of caution due to positive Avian Flu test results. Please do not enter these areas and keep dogs out of…Read More

No Parking During Snow Emergency

Please be advised that Mayor Robert Sullivan has declared a snow emergency in the City of Brockton effective Sunday - January 19, 2025 at 5pm. There is no parking on any city street during the snow emergency. The following locations have been established as free off-street snow emergency parking lots.  The parking lot on East…Read More

Emergency Announcement – Downtown Power Outage

Due to unforeseen circumstances, National Grid is conducting repair work this evening, Tuesday June 4th into the morning of June 5, 2024 from the hours of 10pm through 7am. There will be a scheduled power outage in the affected areas. Please see the attached street map. The affected areas are highlighted in yellow. [caption id="attachment_44303"…Read More

Brockton Safety Action Plan

Brockton Safety Action Plan - Final Each crash statistic represents a human life. Past fatal and serious injury crashes have affected families and communities across Brockton. The City of Brockton is acting now in response to Brockton’s high number of fatal and serious injury crashes, starting with Brockton’s Safety Action Plan. The City of Brockton…Read More

Winter Parking Ban begins December 1, 2023

English Haitian - French Haitian - Creole Spanish Portuguese Cape Verdean Creole CITY OF BROCKTON TRAFFIC COMMISSION WINTER PARKING BAN PARKING BAN HOURS:  Midnight (12:00 a.m.)  to 7:00 a.m.  MONTHS OF PARKING BAN:  December 1st  to April 1st NO PARKING on the EVEN NUMBERED SIDE of all streets except those streets restricted to one side…Read More

How to report potential hazards

How to Report Potential Hazards in Brockton’s Public Spaces RESIDENTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO HANDLE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ITEMS ON THEIR OWN. USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO PROPERLY REPORT ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. Did you stumble across an item that may be dangerous? Do not touch it. Use this list to report it to the…Read More

Public Safety Building Construction Update October 2, 2023

The careful and meticulous process of clearing the new Public Safety Building site is nearing the end. If you drive by the West Elm Street façade, you will see that the remaining elements of the old Brockton High School’s front entrance have been covered up, keeping them safe to remain in place while the new…Read More

Keep Warm, Keep Safe

Chief Brian Nardelli and State Fire Marshal Ostroskey Urge Residents to Keep Warm, Keep Safe this Winter Keep Warm Keep Safe Press Release Keep Warm Keep Safe SlideshowRead More

Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project

Plymouth County Mosquito Control will be conducting truck-based mosquito spraying on 9/7/2022 and 09/8/ 22 between 2AM and sunrise, weather permitting. Spraying is in response to a West Nile Virus positive mosquito sample found in Brockton. Pesticide applications are made via an ultra-low volume (ULV) sprayer that is mounted on pickup truck. Typically spraying is…Read More