PUBLIC SAFETY
ALWAYS CALL 911 in an EMERGENCY
A 911 dispatcher will route your call to 311 (non-emergency number for city services) if call does not warrant an emergency.
Metropolitan Police Department
Contact Information for Deanwood
Police Service Area (PSA) 602 and 608, 6th District, also known as "6D"
Nearest police station:
6th District Station
5002 Hayes Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019
Commander David Taylor, 6th District Commander
e-mail: @dc.gov
phone: (202) 698-0900
Lieutenant Kervin Johnson, PSA 608
e-mail: @dc.gov
phone: (202) 553-7761 / (202) 698-0841
Acting Lt. David Robinson, PSA 602
e-mail: @dc.gov phone: (202) 727-4649
Captain Teresa Weedon, PSA 602, 604, 608
email: @dc.gov
phone: (202) 423-0838 / (202) 698-0912
Julia Irving, Community Outreach Coordinator (MPD)
email: Julia.Irving@dc.gov
phone: (202) 698-1315
Alert DC
The Alert DC system provides rapid text notification and update information during a major crisis or emergency. This system delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates on a range of devices including your:
e-mail account [work, home, other]
cell phone
pager, BlackBerry
wireless PDA
Metro Transit Alerts
MetroAlerts can be sent to computers, cellular phones, pagers or personal digital assistants capable of receiving data.Press Release alerts notify you of Metro news and events.
Report Online City Services / 311
Report Requests online for City Services (i.e. broken street lights, illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, etc.)
You can also download the DC311 App on your iPhone!
The Official National Neighborhood Watch App (Hosted by the National Sheriffs’ Association)Report. Stay informed. Make a difference.
Designed by the developers of the National Sheriffs’ Association National Neighborhood Watch Toolkit and training program, the Neighborhood Watch App for smartphones allows citizens to report NON-EMERGENCY community concerns to their law enforcement partners by means of email through the app. With this Official Neighborhood Watch app, there is no law enforcement agency subscription fee or any monthly fees.
The only charge associated with their program is the $1.99 app fee charged by the app stores (iPhone, Blackberry, Android) to users who download the app. Citizens may purchase the NW app by visiting the app store for their type of smartphone and searching for “Official Neighborhood Watch App,” or by visiting nwapp.org and clicking on the icon for their type of phone. If you have questions or need additional information, contact (972) 576-8662.
Follow Public Safety Twitter Accounts
MPD @DCPoliceDept
DC Fire & EMS: @DCFIREEMS
DC Office of Unified Communications: @311DCgov
DC Dept. of Transportation: @DCDDOT
DC Dept. of Public Works: @DCDPW
DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency: @DC_HSEMA
DC Dept. of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs: @DCRA
Mayor Muriel Bowser: @MayorBowser
Councilmember Vincent Gray: @VinceGrayWard7
Council of the District of Columbia: @CouncilofDC
Department of Homeland Security: @DHSgov
FBI Press Office: @FBIPressOffice
US Dept of Justice: @TheJusticeDept
Washington DC Police Foundation: @DCPoliceFound
DC Public Utility
Pepco Outages: @PepcoConnect Call: 1-877-PEPCO-62
WASA: @dcwater Call: 202-612-3400
Washington Gas: For gas leaks call 911 or 703-750-1400