Riverside Public Safety
Charged with keeping our citizens safe

With impartiality, the Riverside Department of Public Safety provides both police and fire services to the citizenry of the City of Riverside. In addition to being reactive to citizen calls for fire and police assistance, the department has a number of proactive educational programs. Programs available to the public change frequently and citizens are encouraged to visit this page often to view available programming.

PHONE NUMBERS Emergency Number : 911 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Non-Emergency: (816) 741-1501 and (816) 741-1191 KC Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline: 816-474-8477 Submit Tip Online

Mission Statement
The Riverside Department of Public Safety exists for the purpose of protecting and preserving life and property with impartiality. The department enforces applicable federal, state and local laws, and arrests offenders. The department provides fire protection, safety education, fire inspections and fire code enforcement. The department continually strives for excellence and maintains the peace through service, integrity, leadership and fair treatment to all.

Community Protection
In addition to providing protection to residential and commercial areas, the Public Safety department provides services to a casino complex, a 154,000 square foot high school, manufacturing plants, twelve apartment complexes and two nursing homes.

Specialty Units • ATV - All Terrain Vehicles • Bicycle Patrol • Motorcycle Patrol • K-9 Unit • Criminal Investigations Unit • SWAT - Special Weapons And Tactics

Who do I call?  If your power is out, please call KCPL at 1-888-544-4852 (1-888-LIGHTKC).  They will make note of the outage and respond as soon as possible.

Should I call the City or report it to 9-1-1 also? No.  City staff or the 9-1-1 operators are usually aware of the outage already.  Calling 9-1-1 may clog phone lines for those who need to report a true emergency. 

But doesn’t the City have access to people at KCPL who can get it fixed faster?  Only for life-threatening situations.  City staff and 9-1-1 operators must report general power outages to KCPL like everyone else to the number that is provided above.