Community Resources

Emergency (Non-police)

If you’d like to have non-police emergency service options in an emergency situation, consider saving some of these in your phone.

Note that while these options are not directly part of police dispatch, some agencies will involve law enforcement if they deem it appropriate.

Mental Health and other Crises

• Alameda County Crisis Support Services - 1-800-309-2131

• MH First Oakland - 510-999-9641

  • 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights

  • You can also direct message the team on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

EMS/Fire Dispatch

These numbers can be used to request fire and emergency medical services without necessarily involving the police.

• Alameda County Fire Department - 510-881-8181

• Oakland Fire - 510-444-1616

Emergency (Incl. Police)

Emergency dispatch

Call emergency numbers only for crimes in progress, life-threatening emergencies, or immediate threats of violence.

• Police/Fire/Emergency from land line - 911

• Police/Fire/Emergency from cell phone:

  Cell phone 911 often goes to CHP dispatch first. Programming these direct numbers can save seconds in an emergency.

  • Oakland - 510-777-3211

  • Berkeley - 510-918-5911

  • Emeryville - 510-596-3737

Non-emergency Police Lines

• OPD Non-emergency - 510-777-3333

  • (Use this number to report a crime that has already happened.)

• Drug Hotline - 510-238-DRUG

  • (510-238-3784)

• Prostitution and Sex Trafficking - 510-238-2373

• Illegal Fireworks - 510-238-2373

• OPD Neighborhood Services - 510-986-2715

• Citizens Police Review Board - 510-238-3159