Tips and Alerts

Be aware of charity scams By: Roseville Police Department Have you made a donation to a charity recently?  Perhaps you plan to make a donation to start out the new year.  Whether you are making a donation now or in the future, be careful.  There are criminals waiting to take advantage of your generosity.   Charity scams take many forms:  Online giving There has been a lot growth in online scamming over the past years.  Many bad-actors are purporting to be charities req

By: Roseville Police Department While people of all ages can and do fall for scams, scammers often target seniors.  Scammers know that many seniors have money to spend and are from an older generation that trust others and are polite to strangers. If you have older relatives or loved ones, they may not be as cautious or savvy when it comes to scams.  Here are a few ways you can help protect them and other vulnerable loved ones from getting scammed.   Knowledge is power. Accord

Shop safely online By: Roseville Police Department As we head into this bustling holiday season, we’d like to share some precautions you can take to protect yourself, your information and your packages.   While shopping online: Create strong passwords that are difficult to guess. Include numbers, capital letters and special characters like “!?&@”. Additionally, don’t use the same password for all your logins. If you have to write them down to remember, keep

by: Roseville Police Department We are fortunate to live in a relatively safe city, but there are always things you as a can do to deter crime. Here are the top five crime categories in Roseville, with suggestions for reducing crimes in each category:   1)     Theft from a vehicle A thief typically won’t waste time or risk being caught breaking into your vehicle unless there is something of value to steal. Don’t leave valuables in plain sight.  Set the vehicle alarm if y

By: Roseville Police Department   Have you been bombarded with robocalls?   Not only are they annoying, but they’re often pushing scams.  You know the ones, like fake auto warranties and credit card debt relief programs.   Did you know you can help Roseville Police, other law enforcement agencies, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by taking action to stop them?   The FTC and its federal and state law enforcement partners recently announced Operation Sto

Scam Alert - Text Messaging Scams   Think before you tap the link By: Roseville Police Department Scammers are always adapting their methods to bilk people out of money. A growing method is using text messaging. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received a large number of reports from people reporting getting texts from scammers impersonating people and organizations they know and trust – such as their bank or Amazon.   Text scams try to get you to act NOW

Simple summer security steps  By: Roseville Police Department    Summer is approaching, and as the weather warms up, the number of people outside at night increases.  More people outside in the dark also means more people with intent on burglarizing vehicles and houses.   Roseville is a fairly safe community, leading some to believe that car or home burglaries don't happen here, so for some it is not habit to lock doors and windows.     Unfortunately, unlo

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Mailing checks can be a risky business By: Roseville Police Department   Writing checks and mailing them has declined in recent years as the option to pay bills online has become more common. Check fraud and theft, however, has been growing- doubling over the last year. There are two distinct categories of crimes involving checks: Check theft Typically, check theft occurs when the scammer is able to intercept your check before it reaches the US Postal Service or b

Take precautions when using Zelle By:  Rob Baquera, Public Information Officer, Roseville Police Department   It happens daily.  Someone somewhere has become victim of a scam.  You may even know someone that has lost a lot of money to scammers, maybe it’s even a family member.  You might be thinking, “I would never fall for a scam.”  Criminals today, however, are sophisticated, relentless and conniving.   Recently, Zelle scams have been in the news.  Zelle is a peer-to-p

Get updated information about the Mosquito Fire Even though the Mosquito Fire is not threatening Roseville, it is affecting our neighbors, friends and family in nearby areas of Placer and El Dorado Counties. Placer County's Incident Page and the CAL FIRE Incident Page will have the latest information about the fire, road closures, evacuations, shelters and ways you can help.  Here are a few helpful links for t

Three Random Words for Password Creation By:  Rob Baquera, Public Information Officer, Roseville Police Department   Professor Mary Reed, of the Rochester Institute of Technology, recently wrote an article connecting the math behind a geographic mapping application, what3words, and creating secure passwords that a human being can actually remember.    Technology is integrated into everything we do and most pieces of technology require a password. A strong password will:

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June 28, 2022 Be safe this July 4th Only Safe and Sane fireworks are legal in the City of Roseville. Any firework that flies in the air, darts across the ground or explodes is considered illegal in California.  The legal time for discharge of Safe and Sane fireworks is from 12 p.m. on June 28

The laws governing fireworks in Roseville are clear – only Safe and Sane fireworks are legal in the City of Roseville and the legal time of sale for these fireworks is between 12:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on June 28 and 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on June 29 through July 4.  The legal time for discharge of Safe and Sane fireworks is from 12:00 p.m. on June 28 through 11:59 p.m. on July 4. Only those fireworks registered with the California State