For Immediate Release: July 3, 2024
OPD News:
With the Fourth of July just hours away, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) would like to wish everyone a fun and safe holiday. OPD will have an increased police presence throughout the city, focusing on enforcement against illegal fireworks, celebratory gunfire, and sideshow activities.
OPD will continue collaborating closely with the Oakland Fire Department (OFD) to remove illegal fireworks from residential neighborhoods and prevent wildfires in vulnerable areas. Road closures will be implemented in several areas throughout the city to ensure public safety. For details, please click the link.
https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/city-of-oakland-prepares-to-support-large-crowds-and-provide-safe-access-on-fourth-of-july-holiday-2
As a reminder, all fireworks are illegal in Oakland. Those caught with fireworks can be fined up to $1,000.
OFD has firework collection barrels set up at the following fire stations:
• Station 1: 1603 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
• Station 3: 1445 14th Street
• Station 4: 1235 International Boulevard
• Station 5: 934 34th Street
• Station 18: 5008 Bancroft Avenue
• Station 20: 1401 98th Avenue
The collection sites are for residents who want to surrender unused fireworks and for OPD to drop off confiscated fireworks. If you know someone or see someone who is in possession, selling, and/or lighting fireworks, you can call the OPD Fireworks Tip Line at (510) 238-2373 to anonymously report the sale, possession, and/or use of fireworks in the City of Oakland.
