FAQs (Police)

In Roseville, animal control is a division of the police department. If the problem is occurring within the city limits of Roseville, CA, call Roseville Animal Control at (916) 774-5090. If it is a true emergency--an injured or endangered animal, or a dangerous animal at large, call 9-1-1 or Roseville Police dispatch at (916) 774-5000 extension 1.

If you want to compliment or complain about a Roseville police employee, call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000 extension 1, and ask to speak to the watch commander. If this is not feasible, or you are not satisfied with the response, call the Roseville Police Department administration (chief of police's office) at (916) 774-5010.

Phone: (916) 774-5000 ext. 1

1. If your vehicle has simply been stored (not impounded), you may go to the storage yard and get your vehicle. You must pay all applicable towing and storage fees. If you don't know which towing company towed your vehicle, call the Roseville Police Department dispatch center at (916) 774-5000 extension 1. They'll need the vehicle's license plate number or the name of the registered owner, and/or the location from where the vehicle was towed.
2. If your vehicle has been impounded, and is now eligible for release, you must obtain a vehicle release from the Roseville Police Department's Records. Please call (916) 774-5075 to verify the vehicle's status. There is a $207* fee for impounded vehicle releases. You must furnish proof of current registration and a valid driver's license. If you do not have a valid driver's license, bring a licensed driver with you. You can then go to the storage yard and get your vehicle. You must pay all applicable towing and storage fees.

*Fee effective July 1, 2025. To confirm the current fee amount, you may call the Records Unit at (916) 774-5030.

If the crime occurred within Roseville city limits, call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000 extension 1. If the crime is in progress or just occurred, call 9-1-1.

Phone: (916) 774-5000
1051 Junction Blvd.
Roseville
CA 95678
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Please contact the Records unit at (916) 774-5075 to request a hearing. A Storage Hearing Request cost $101. Records staff will assist in having a traffic lieutenant or sergeant to review your request or make an appointment for you to come in.

*Fee effective July 1, 2024. To confirm the current fee amount, you may call the Records Unit at (916) 774-5030.

Call the Roseville Police Department Community Services Unit at (916) 774-5050, and we will help you get started!

Phone: (916) 774-5050

All persons arrested in Roseville are soon moved up to the Placer County Jail in Auburn, unless the arrestee is able to post bail or is eligible to be released on promise to appear in court. Victims may call the jail and request to be notified when the defendant is released. Anyone may also check the Placer County Jail's website for a current list of everyone in custody.

Roseville Police Department Jail: (916) 774-5060

Placer County Jail: (530) 745-8500

Check the Placer County Jail website, for a current list of everyone in custody.

If you are a crime victim, you might also want to call the Victim Services department of the Placer County District Attorney's Office. They have a number of services available to help. Their number is (530) 889-7021.

The Roseville Police Department offers "fix-it ticket" sign-off service on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-2:00, drop-in only. If it is a Roseville-issued citation, there is no charge. If it was issued by another agency, there is a $11 charge.
 
1051 Junction Blvd.

Roseville
CA
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If the abuse is occurring right now, call the Roseville Police Department at 9-1-1 or at (916) 774-5000 extension 1. If this is an ongoing situation, but there is no immediate emergency, call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000 extension 1.

The City of Roseville is committed to keeping our community sparkling clean and beautiful. Our goal is to clean up graffiti as quickly as possible, and to identify and prosecute graffiti vandals. 

1. If the graffiti is on City property: report it to Code Enforcement for cleanup.  If you do not have access to a computer, call 916-774-5501 to leave a message describing the graffiti, where it is, and your contact information.  The graffiti will first be photographed for documentation and future prosecution of the graffiti vandal. Then a city crew will clean it up or paint over it. Our goal is to remove all graffiti from City property within a day or two.
2. If the graffiti is your private or commercial property: Call the police department to file a vandalism report.  Photograph the graffiti; it may be needed for the report.  After filing the report, you will have ten days to abate the graffiti.

The Roseville Police Department finds and cites graffiti vandals. The Court orders the vandals, or their guardians, to pay restitution to the City and other property owners for the damage they have caused.

If you see someone in the act of committing graffiti vandalism, call 911. If you have information about a graffiti vandal, call Roseville Crime Stoppers at (916)783-7867. Roseville Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips leading to arrest.

If the abuse is occurring right now, call the Roseville Police Department at 9-1-1 or at (916) 774-5000 extension 1. If this is an ongoing situation, but there is no immediate emergency, call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000 extension 1.

If illegal or dangerous activity is in progress (occurring right now), call 9-1-1. Otherwise, call the Roseville Police Department at (916) 774-5000 extension 1 and talk to the dispatcher. Depending on the situation, the dispatcher may send a police officer out to talk to you immediately, or you may be referred to your neighborhood officer or to the Roseville Police Department's Crime Suppression Unit.

You can contact the Roseville Police Therapist, who is a trained marriage and family therapist specializing in juvenile delinquency. Her number is (916) 774-5017.

Upon receipt of the juvenile crime report, a member of the Roseville Police Department's Community Services Unit will contact the parents of the juvenile by phone. Trained social worker interns will assist families who are experiencing problematic behavior with their children. Social workers will provide direction, education and community resources as it pertains to strong-willed or defiant youth behavior. The Placer County Juvenile Probation Department will make formal written contact with the juvenile at a later date.
Phone: (916) 774-5017

Talk to your school resource officer or call the Roseville Police Department's police therapist at (916) 774-5017. She will talk to parents, assess the situation, and recommend a wealth of community resources. There is no charge for this service.

A Juvenile Citation Hearing is a formal probation meeting held at the Roseville Police Department. Those present at the meeting are the probation officer, social work intern, parents of the juvenile, and the cited juvenile. If the juvenile does not contest the citation and the parents give their consent, the juvenile may be assigned to Informal Probation or Peer Court depending on the nature of the offense.

More serious crimes like robbery are rarely handled informally. If the charge is a felony, the law requires the probation department to refer the case to the DA. Mandatory referral is also required when the child has had a prior crime handled informally.

You can reach Placer County Probation at (530) 889-7900, or visit their website for more information: http://www.placer.ca.gov/departments/probation/juvenile%20services

Under informal probation, the minor is required to observe good behavior for a period of six months and make restitution to the victim for any damages.

Yes, you may trap cats, but only on your own property. If you trap a cat, you must promptly take it to the Placer County SPCA shelter, located on Corporation Yard Road (between the Placer County Fairgrounds and Junction Boulevard).

The Roseville Police Department has a limited number of cat traps available for loan. If you wish to borrow a cat trap, please call Roseville Animal Control at (916) 774-5090, and then press "4" for more information and to leave a message.

Police officers may impound vehicles for 30 days for any of the following reasons:

• The driver of the vehicle has a suspended or revoked driver's license
• The driver has never been issued a driver's license
• The driver has engaged in street racing

Officers may also have vehicles towed and stored (not impounded) if the driver has been arrested or taken to the hospital, and the vehicle cannot be released to another licensed driver or safely secured at the scene of the incident.

Less frequently, officers may impound vehicles for an indefinite period of time if they are needed as evidence for a criminal investigation or a traffic collision investigation.