Text Message Alerts
The Rome Police Department offers you the oportunity to receive alert messages on your cell phone via text message. Anytime that an emergency situation arises that may affect the citizens of Rome, New York, a "crawler" is activated which scrolls across the top of each page on this website, (www.romepd.com). The "crawler" will display the emergency information and will be updated with any follow-up information. An email alert, which also displays the emergency information, is sent to anyone who has registered for email alerts.
To register for this service, enter your email address in the box below.
Subscribers who wish to have these alerts sent to their cell phone and are Verizon Wireless subscribers should enter their area code, the cell phone number and then enter @vtext.com.
Example: (123)1234567@vtext.com.
AT&T subscribers should enter their area code followed by the cell phone number and then enter @txt.att.net.
Example: (123)1234567@txt.att.net.
Sprint users should enter their area code followed by their cell number and then enter @messaging.sprintpcs.com.
Please check with your cell phone provider as there may be a fee charged for text messaging services.
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Contact information
301 N. James Street
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: (315) 339-7780
Rome Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative
Comments regarding the Rome Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative should be submitted to policereform@romepd.com
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Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers Wanted Person of the Week
The Rome City Police Department and Mohawk Valley Crime Stoppers are asking for the public's help in locating this week's Wanted Person of the Week.
According to Sgt. Scott Hoag of the Rome Police Department, police are searching for 29-year-old Andrew K. Woodruff who was last known to be living in the city of Rome or Utica. Hoag says, Woodruff is wanted on two different Rome City Court warrants, and charges related to Grand Larceny and Assault. Specifically, police say Woodruff is wanted by the Rome Police Department on charges of Robbery in the Third Degree, Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, and Assault in the Second Degree. These charges are in regards to two Domestic Disputes that occurred in 2025, according to police, and the warrants are issued from the Rome City Court. Woodruff is also wanted on a Bench Warrant issued from the Rome City Court for one count of Disorderly Conduct for failure to appear.