Reporting crime, harassment, and suspicious activity or requesting a welfare check:
- Call BART Police Dispatch: 510-464-7000
- Download the free BART Watch app available on the App Store and Google Play
- For non-emergency needs you can text BPD at 510-200-0992
- Use this online link to communicate with police dispatch
BART PD is hiring!
The BART Police Department is now offering a $15,000 hiring bonus for laterals and academy graduates ($5,000 upon hire and $10,000 upon completion of the Field Training Program).
BART Police Crime Data
There are multiple ways for you to access BART Police crime data.
BART PD offers a daily crime log email. Sign up now.
You can download monthly reports from BART's police chief. These reports contain various data about BPD including updated numbers on Part 1 crimes committed within the BART system. You can look at the latest chief's reports here.
BART PD crime data is also included in BART’s Quarterly Performance Reports which can be found on our reports page.
Public Comment for the Accreditation Process
The BART Police Department invites the public to offer comments, commendation, and other information regarding the Police Department’s quality of service or other information relevant to the accreditation process on the CALEA public access portal.
Click the image below to access the portal.
IMPORTANT NOTE: CALEA is not an investigatory body; therefore, the public comment portal should not be used to submit information about matters requiring follow-up or investigation. Additionally, there will be no response to comments submitted through the portal other than an acknowledgement of the submission; however, the information will be considered in context of its relevancy to compliance with CALEA standards and the tenets of CALEA Accreditation.
Commitment to Progressive Policing
The BART Police Department has been actively focused on implementing progressive and equitable policing practices for more than a decade. BPD is working to strengthen relationships with the diverse communities we serve. A critical part of this initiative is the successful launch of BPD’s Progressive Policing and Community Engagement Bureau.
The process of reform is never complete. BPD is committed to continuous improvement through policy changes and ongoing training that exceeds industry standards. This has created a culture of accountability and responsibility in the department. A critical part of those efforts is listening to community concerns and being responsive to calls for reform.
BART Police Explorer Program
The BART PD Explorer Post 413 is currently recruiting young men and women from the ages of 14 to 18 to join the Police Explorer Program. The Explorer Program is a voluntary organization which helps the youth from the community to be trained by police officers in aspects of law enforcement, leadership, and community service. Explorers perform a wide variety of non-enforcement duties to assist BART PD. Explorers come from all communities in the East and West Bay and work in the Bay Area communities.
Participants may also receive credit for schools, which require community service hours for graduation.
For more information, please email [email protected].
Download the Explorer Interest Card
Vision, Mission and Core Values
Vision Statement
To be the leader in innovative policing, establishing BART as the safest transit system in the nation.
Mission Statement
The mission of the BART Police Department is to ensure a safe environment within our transit system, reduce crime through a highly visible police presence, and proactive enforcement of the law, and to promote public confidence by working in partnership with our stakeholders and the communities we serve.
Core Values
Integrity
We inspire trust and carry ourselves in a manner that demonstrates the highest levels of honesty, ethics, and moral conduct.
Service
Service Placing service above self, we work in partnership with the community serving with pride, courage, and compassion.
Accountability
We take ownership of our duties, remaining answerable to the public and accountable to the laws, rules, policies and procedures that govern and guide us.
Professionalism
We are committed to conduct and performance reflective of the highest standard of personal and organizational excellence.
Diversity
We acknowledge and embrace the diversity in our communities we serve and strive to ensure diversity is reflected in all levels of our organization.
BART's Social Resources Programs and Homelessness Action Plan
The national homelessness crisis can be visible in BART stations and on trains as unhoused individuals and destinationless riders use BART for shelter. Increasing rates of homelessness and related quality-of-life issues on BART present us with unique challenges as a transit system, and highlight a pressing need for action and understanding from us, our riders, and our partner agencies in the communities we serve.
We are developing a Strategic Homelessness Action Plan and we have a coordinated approach to connect homeless people who seek shelter in our system to services and resources.
Read more about our social resources efforts.
Obtain a Law Enforcement Pass
The Law Enforcement Security Enhancement Program (LESEP) came about as a result of BART's Inter-Departmental Task Force on Fare Evasion in an effort to reduce Fare Evasion in the BART System, which is a major problem. LESEP is part of our strategy to reduce these losses by providing authorized, secured BART system access to active, full-time, sworn Officers and District Attorney Investigators from pre-authorized SF Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies. As part of LESEP, authorized Officers will receive BART ID cards also known as LEO passes, which allow BART riding privileges. Note: These passes are ONLY valid for BART trains.
To be eligible, a Peace Officer must have the authority to carry a firearm while off-duty AND be employed with one of the participating agencies. For more information on how to apply for the pass and to see the list of participating agencies, click the LESEP details link below.
Download the LESEP Details Brochure (.pdf)