Police Department — Fellsmere, Florida

Emergencies in Fellsmere go to 911, routine matters go to the Fellsmere Police non-emergency line at (772) 646-6309, and the station office on Cypress Street is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The City of Fellsmere police page says officers are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and lists the non-emergency number as 646-6309. The station office at 25 S. Cypress Street keeps hours of Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and closes every day from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for lunch.

The department is led by Chief of Police Scott Newsom, listed on the City of Fellsmere police page with the administrative line 772-571-1360. That line also books fingerprinting appointments. The City of Fellsmere website footer gives the city's main address and number as 22 S. Orange Street and (772) 571-1616.

Indian River County lists the same Fellsmere non-emergency number. The Indian River County 911 Administration page gives the Fellsmere Police Department as (772) 646-6309 in its table of non-emergency contacts, next to the Sheriff, Sebastian, Vero Beach and Indian River Shores agencies, for people outside the county who need to alert responders in Fellsmere.

A 911 call placed in Fellsmere reaches an Indian River County Public Safety Answering Point, and law enforcement calls from the City of Fellsmere are dispatched by the Indian River County Sheriff's 911 Communications Center.

The Sheriff's Law Enforcement Operations page lists the City of Fellsmere among the three areas where its center dispatches law enforcement calls, with the unincorporated county and the Town of Indian River Shores, and says the center handles approximately 283,000 calls for service a year. The same page says its dispatchers are trained in Emergency Medical Dispatch and that the center has received accreditation through the Commission on Accredited Law Enforcement Association (CALEA).

Indian River County 911 Administration, one of the divisions of the county Emergency Services Department, maintains the 911 infrastructure and data behind those answering points. Its page says answering point staff keep the designated emergency lines open around the clock, and it tells anyone searching for 911 service in Fellsmere, Indian River Shores, Sebastian or Vero Beach to dial 911 from a landline or mobile phone.

Text to 911 also reaches Fellsmere responders. Indian River County 911 Administration, at 4225 43rd Ave in Vero Beach, announced that as of April 1, 2022 the answering points in the county accept Text to 911, meant for times when a voice call is not possible or would put the caller in danger. The 2022 announcement named AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon as the carriers whose customers could text 911, with each message limited to 140 characters. Countywide 911 detail is on the Indian River County 911 and text to 911 page.

The Fellsmere Police Department website has five sub-pages for the public: Citizen Requests for alarm applications, Employment and Benefits, Helpful Links, Public Fingerprinting and a Tips Line.

The Citizen Requests page carries separate Alarm Application forms for monitored and unmonitored alarms in Fellsmere, plus the Alarm Application Ordinance. Two city documents are posted with them as supporting documents: Resolution No. 05-F and Ordinance No. 05-02.

The department's Helpful Links page shows the agencies the Fellsmere department points residents to. It lists Indian River County, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, the Indian River Clerk of Courts, the Indian River County State's Attorney, Indian River Shores Public Safety, the Sebastian Police Department, the Vero Beach Police Department, the Town of Orchid, State Statutes and Constitution and MyFlorida.com.

The Fellsmere police page also publishes a bias-based profiling resolution in English and Spanish. It states that members of the Fellsmere Police Department will not engage in the practice of bias-based profiling and that citizens are guaranteed equal protection under the law and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

The Fellsmere Police Department offers pre-employment fingerprinting on a hard copy card by appointment at its Cypress Street station, weekdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., for a $5.00 fee.

The Public Fingerprinting page says applicants call 772-571-1360 to book. Payment is cash, with no credit cards, and checks are accepted only from residents of Indian River County. The prints are made on a hard copy card that the applicant or an employer mails to the agency that asked for it.

Fellsmere applicants bring their own card. The department does not provide fingerprint cards or forms, so the card or form comes from the requesting agency. The applicant fills in as many blanks as possible but must not sign until fingerprinted. Accepted identification is a current Florida driver license or Florida ID card, a passport, an out of state driver license, a military ID card or a Mexican Consulate ID.

The Fellsmere page is self-contradictory as of October 12, 2026: its heading still reads Temporarily Suspended Due to Covid-19 Conditions while the text gives current hours and the fee. A call to 772-571-1360 before going confirms whether appointments are being taken.

The county alternative is the Sheriff's Office in Vero Beach, whose fingerprinting page lists a $25.00 administrative fee. Its hours and electronic submission rules are covered on the Indian River County Sheriff's Office page.

The City of Fellsmere spent $1,241,971 on law enforcement in FY2024 across all funds, or $248.89 per resident, according to state local government expenditure data.

The figures come from the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR) workbook of City of Fellsmere expenditures, account 521, Law Enforcement. The EDR sheet for Fellsmere notes it is compiled from data obtained from the Florida Department of Financial Services.

The yearly cells are FY2021, FY2022, FY2023 and FY2024. In FY2024, Fellsmere reported total expenditures of $10,844,051 across all funds, so law enforcement took about 11.5 percent of city spending ($1,241,971 divided by $10,844,051). The per resident figure uses a 2024 municipal population of 4,990 for Fellsmere.

Police is the largest piece of public safety spending in Fellsmere. The FY2024 Public Safety line in the same EDR sheet totals $1,719,005 across all funds, of which $477,034 is Protective Inspections (account 524) and the rest is law enforcement.

Spending on the Fellsmere department rose from $1,049,837 in FY2021 to $1,241,971 in FY2024, an increase of $192,134. The fuller Fellsmere budget, millage and fund picture is on the city budget page.

Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the City of Fellsmere website.