About Those Car Burglaries

When Crime Occurs

Report a crime If you see a crime in progress, call the police!

Only call 911 from a land line! Cell phone calls to 911 go directly to CHP in Martinez and have to be forwarded.

From a cell phone call 510-777-3211 which routes directly to OPD dispatch.

To report a crime that has already happened:

Call the non-emergency number 510-777-3333, or fill in OPD's Online Crime Reporting form. You'll find the link on their Report a Crime page. We've been warned that the form is easier to fill out on a laptop or desktop than it is on a smartphone.

For MEDICAL OR FIRE EMERGENCIES ONLY, call the Fire Department directly at 510-444-1616. They respond faster than OPD.

Send OPD an Anonymous Tip

Crime Stoppers of Oakland
(510) 777-8572
Firearm Tip Line
(510) 535-4867
Illegal Drugs
(510) 238-3784
OPD Sexual Assault Hotline
(510) 637-0298

Compliment a Cop

Did an officer, or a non-sworn police employee, serve you particularly well? Would you like to tell their boss you appreciate them?

Compliment an OPD Officer or Employee

Complain about a Cop

Community Police Review Agency

If you recently experienced or witnessed police conduct that you believe was inappropriate or unlawful, please contact CPRA, a City of Oakland agency:

Phone: 510,238.3159

Email cpra@oaklandca.gov

Address: 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, suite 6302 (floor 6), Oakland, CA 94612

Next NCPC Meeting

The Greater Rockridge NCPC meets on the 2nd Thursday of even numbered months: February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Next meeting: Thursday, October 8, 2026, 7:00 PM, Rockridge Library conference room.

Bi-monthly meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council. We'll hope to have brief presentations by the local OPD officers, and a discussion of local crime and safety issues. Our speaker will be Zurvohn Maloof, Inspector General of the Oakland Police Commission, who will discuss how his office works with OPD and the Police Commission.

In-person will meet in the library conference room, masks optional. There will be a hybrid meeting for those who don't want to attend in person.

Here is the Zoom link for all NCPC meetings through December 2026:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82709204888?pwd=Y3pFQTlWQ3ZiLzd3d3EyK3dPYmxLdz09

Meeting ID: 827 0920 4888

Passcode: 684165

One tap mobile

+16699006833,,82709204888#,,,,*684165# US (San Jose)

Dial by your location

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 827 0920 4888

Passcode: 684165

Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdFUhud8qY

You can find the agenda for this meeting here. Email the NCPC at chair@rockridgencpc.com if you have items you'd like to add to the NCPC agenda.

What Beat do I Live In?

To learn what police beat you're in, check the Police District Locator. Enter your address and the map will show:

what policing area you're in,
what beat you're in,
the name and meeting address of the local NCPC,
dates and times of the meetings,
the name and email of the Neighborhood Services Coordinator (NSC)
an address where you can reach your beat's Community Resource Officer (CRO)

Homeless Help

MACRO

Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland

510-44-MACRO

National Help Lines

Domestic Violence

1-866-331-9474, Teens can also text “loveis” to 77054 to reach an advocate.

Suicide

988 Suicide and Crisis hotline

Available 24x7, call or chat, languages English and Spanish

Ready for Emergencies?

Are you prepared for emergencies? Do you know what Oakland and Alameda County provide for both dealing with emergencies and responding to emergencies? Check out our reference page on Emergency Preparedness and see what your options are.

Details: Written by: Karen Ivy; Parent Category: Resources; Published: 25 September 2017; Created: 25 September 2017; Last Updated: 25 September 2017

I'd like to quote from today's column by Matier & Ross, in the San Francisco Chronicle:

What goes into the official crime stats? Police responses and victims' reports. A 911 call with no followup doesn't count.

Since Matier & Ross are in San Francisco, this is almost certainly San Francisco policy. I don't know if it is also Oakland policy. How much do we want to bet that Oakland doesn't use this policy?

Consider that. You find that your car was broken into, or your house was burgled. You call OPD (not 911 - call 510-777-3211, because this crime is over and done with. 911 is for crimes in progress.) and tell the dispatcher. You may even get an incident number. If you don't also go to the police web site and report the crime online, there will be no record. It never happened.

The crime reporting link is on the top of the front page of the Greater Rockridge NCPC web site. I check it from time to time to make sure they haven't moved it somewhere else. If you are the victim of a non-violent crime, use this link to report it to the police so it will be counted when they next assign personnel to areas of the city.

Upcoming 2026 and 2027 Meetings

Meetings are currently hybrid, using Zoom with in-person attendees.

Date	Location
October 8, 2026	In person: Rockridge Library Conference Room. See the top of this page for the Zoom link for all meetings through December 2026
December 10, 2026	In person: Rockridge Library Conference Room. See the top of this page for the Zoom link for all meetings through December 2026
February 11, 2027	In person: Rockridge Library Conference Room. See the top of this page for the Zoom link for all meetings through December 2026 and 2027 unless otherwise announced

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