The City of Grants Pass has a wide variety of special events and activities that occur year round. Acting in cooperation with the community, citizens, civic groups, and community groups, the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety works to assist in pre-planning special events and unusual occurrences.

The purpose of pre-planning ensures that when an event is going to occur within or around the city of Grants Pass that the Public Safety Department is aware of the event and has adequate resources to assist, as necessary. Sometimes merely informing the Department of the event is all that is required.

The Preplanning Coordinator for the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety is Commander Laura Zeliff. She can be contacted at 541-474-6370 x 6434 or by email. Commander Zeliff uses the following format to gather information regarding the unusual occurrence or special event:

1. Identify the responsible party (aka: Event Liaison) and document contact phone numbers.
2. Identify event, time, date, location and duration.
3. Identify the purpose or mission behind the event.
4. Identify any Public Safety resource needs requested by the Event Liaison.

For special events, a Special Events Checklist is used and can be accessed in the Department documents and forms.