Important Telephone Numbers

Where to call for help!

911 Supervisor / 798-4721
Abandoned Vehicles / 591-5926
Adolescent Services, Pierce Co. / 502-5470
Adult Protective Services (State) / 475-7212
AIDS Foundation / 383-2565
Alcoholics Anonymous / 474-8897
Alley Grading / 591-5496
Alley Lighting / 502-8618
Animal Care & Control / 627-7387 (PETS)
Building Inspector / 573-2320
Catholic Community Services / 383-5526
Call-2-Haul (Trash Pick-up) / 573-2468
Cart Recovery (Grocery Stores) / 1-866-906-CART
Centro Latino SER / 572-7717
Child Abuse Hotline / 1-800-363-4276
Child Care Referral / 591-2025
Child Protective Services / 983-6100
Child Reconciliation Services (teens) / 983-6100+2

Community Centers
Portland Ave Community Center / 591-5391
South End Community Center / 591-5098

Comprehensive Mental Health / 756-9960
Consumer Protection, State / 593-2904
Crime-Free Housing / 591-5160
Crisis Line, Pierce County (24 Hrs) / 1-800-576-7764
Disability Employment – TACID / 565-9000 X25
Dispute Resolution, Center for / 572-3657

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Crisis Line (24-Hours) / 475-9010
YWCA Hot Line (24-Hour) / 383-2593
Domestic Violence Help Line / 798-4166
(Good Referral Service)
Protection Order / 591-7455

Dump (Landfill), City / 591-5543
Earthquake Preparedness / 798-7470
East Side Boys and Girls Club / 474-2266
Election Office / 798-7430

EMPLOYMENT
Private Industry Council / 591-5450
Job Corps / 572-7140
Work Source (Placement—+3or4) / 593-7300
EORC (Education/Jobs) / 572-5960

Energy Conservation Office / 582-8363
Garbage Violations / 591-5543
Gardening / 472-7264
Grandparents Raising Children / 565-4484
Grief, Acquainted with / 272-5558
Hate Crimes / 594-7843
Hazardous Waste Disposal / 591-5418
Health Department, Pierce Co. / 798-6440
Hilltop Action Coalition / 383-3056 X112
Homeownership Center of Tacoma / 627-6560
Human Rights / 591-5151
Humane Society /383-2733
Indo-Chinese Cultural Service Center / 473-5666
Junk Vehicles / 591-5015
HEROS (Outreach to Seniors) / 445-8120

LEGAL SERVICES
Columbia Legal Services / 572-6000
CLEAR Legal Advice / 1-888-201-1014

Library, Main (Quick Info) / 591-5666
MLK Housing Development / 627-1099

MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES
Comprehensive Mental Health / 756-9960
Crisis Line, Pierce Co. (24 Hrs) / 1-800-576-7764
Suicide – Crisis Line / 1-800-576-7764

Narcotics Anonymous / 531-8792
PAAYS / 572-1129
Power outage, fallen wires / 502-8602
Property Owner (Taxpayer) Info / 798-6111
Puyallup Tribe of Indians / 597-6200
Recycling / 565-5955
Refuse (Garbage) / 591-5543
Restraining Order / 591-7455
Safe Streets / 272-6824

SCHOOLS
Birney ES / 571-4600
Blix ES / 571-1380
Boze ES / 571-4688
Fawcett ES / 571-4700
Fern Hill ES / 571-3888
Larchmont ES / 571-2092
Lister ES / 571-2900
Lyon ES / 571-2090
McKinley ES / 571-2070
Mann ES / 571-6300
Roosevelt ES / 571-4400
Sheridan ES / 571-2076
Stafford ES / 571-4300
Whitman ES / 571-2077
Baker MS / 571-5000
Gault MS / 571-1405
Stewart MS / 571-4200
McIlvaigh MS / 571-2080
Lincoln HS / 571-6700

Sex Offender Releases pso.co.pierce.wa.us
Sexual Assault Hotline / 474-7273
Sexual Assault Crisis Center / 597-6424
Shared Housing / 272-1532
Sidewalks hazardous / 591-5270
Speed Reduction Applications / 591-5269
Street Sweeping, Pot-Holes / 591-5495
Streetlighting, Burned-Out / 591-5287
Streetlighting, Upgrading / 591-5278
Suicide – Crisis Line / 1-800-576-7764
Tacoma CARES / 591-5001
Tacoma Community House / 383-3951
Tacoma Housing Authority / 207-4400
Teen-agers in trouble / 1-800-422-7556
Traffic Engineering / 591-5269
Traffic Infractions (leave message) / 594-7873+0
Trash, Curbside Pick-Up (Call-2-Haul) / 573-2468
Trees in Planting Strip, Recommendations / 591-5495
Truancy Center / 571-2123

Urban League, Tacoma / 383-2006
Urban League Academy / 597-6436
Skills Training / 272-8288
School-to-Work/MASAI / 597-6435

Unemployment Info (Work Source) / 593-7300
United Way HELP Line / 572-4357
Voter Registration / 798-7430
Water out, leaks (after hours 502-8344) / 502-8384
WSU Coop. Extension County Office / 798-7180
Master Gardener / 798-7170
Youth-At-Risk (Becca Law) / 798-7944
Youth Outreach (Campfire) / 597-6234
Y.M.C.A. / 597-6444

ELECTED OFFICIALS

TACOMA
Mayor, Bill Baarsma / 591-5100
City Council Member Rick Talbert / 591-5100 (office)

PIERCE COUNTY
County Executive
John Ladenburg / 798-7477

County Council Member
Tim Farrell / 798-7590
Barbara Gelman / 798-6653
Dick Muri / 798-3308

Assessor-Treasurer
Ken Madsen / 798-6111

Auditor
Pat McCarthy / 798-3189

Prosecutor
Gerald Horne / 798-7400

STATE OF WASHINGTON
Governor Christine Gregoire / (360)753-6780

State Representatives - 29th Leg. District
Representative Steve Conway
(Olympia) / (360)786-7906

Legislative Hot-Line / 1-800-562-6000

Representative Steve Kirby
(Olympia) / (360) 786-7996

State Senator
Senator Rosa Franklin / 253-759-9674
(Olympia) / (360) 786-7656

Attorney-General
Rob McKenna / (360)753-6200

NATIONAL -- U.S. Representative
Norm Dicks / 593-6536
(Washington, DC) / (202)225-5916

NATIONAL -- U.S. Senators
Maria Cantwell / (206)220-6400
(Washington, DC) / (202)224-3441

Patty Murray / (206)553-5545
(Washington, DC) / (202)224-2621

TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Emergencies / 911
Non-Emergency Line / 798-4722
Chief of Police / 591-5901

Sector 4 Substation / 594-7947
Commander Lt. Shawn Stringer / 594-7948
sstringe@cityoftacoma.org

Community Liaison Officers (CLO)
Officer Robert Luke / 573-2562
rluke@ci.tacoma.wa.us

Officer Don Williams / 594-7945
dwilliam@cityoftacoma.org

Officer Diana Judge / 573-2556
djudge@cityoftacoma.org

Community Based Service (CBS) Officer:
Officer Roland "Bert" Hayes / 594-7877
rhayes@cityoftacoma.org

Sex-Offender Violation (TPD detective) / 591-5937
Traffic Infractions (lv. message) / 594-7873+0
C.R.A.K. Hotline / 475-2725
Crime Stopper / 591-5959
Drug House Elimination Team Officer Greg Hopkins / 591-5883

Detective Follow-up
Crimes against Persons / 591-9940
Juvenile Crimes / 591-5933
Property Crimes / 591-5934

Tip-Line / 594-7867
Gang Activity, Vehicle thefts, etc. (Confidential recording)

Complaint about an officer / 591-5990

Important City Telephone Numbers

Frequently Called Numbers
City of Tacoma Services

General Information: (253) 591-5000
8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday – Friday

[Deaf, hard of hearing or speech disabled persons may contact us through Washington Relay Services 1-800-833-6388 (TTY or ASCII) 1-800-833-6386 (VCO) or 1-877-833-6341 (STS)]

Police (emergency)
911

Police (non-emergency)
798-4721

Abandoned vehicle (City streets)
591-5926

Abandoned vehicle complaints (Private Property)
591-5001

Call-2-Haul 573-2468
E-mail: Solid waste

Streetlights (burned out)
591-5287

Tacoma CARES
591-5001

Graffiti hotline
591-5001

Traffic signs
591-5276

Street repair and Potholes
591-5495

Street flooding
591-5585

Overgrown vegetation
591-5001

Alarm compliance
591-5252

Parking tickets
591-5357

Animal control
627-7387

TAGRO biosolids products
502-2150
E-mail: Tagro

Building & Land Use
591-5015

Police information (recording)
591-5950

Building inspections
591-5004

Building permits
591-5030

Power outages, fallen wires, etc.
502-8602

Business licenses
591-5252

Public Assembly Facilities(Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center)
830-6601

Public Works Information Center
594-7879

Child care referral
591-2025
E-mail: Child care

Recycling schedule
565-5955
E-mail: Solid waste

Beacon Senior Center
591-5083

Lighthouse Senior Center
591-5080

Sewer backups (24 hour)
591-5585

Clean Bay Car Wash kits
591-2246

Sidewalks (hazardous)
591-5270
E-mail: Sandra Guffey

Click! Network
502-8900

City Clerk's Office
591-5171

Community & Economic Development (Gen. Info)
591-5364

Construction drawings & maps
594-7879

Tacoma Dome 24-hour event line
572-3663

Tacoma Dome
272-3663

Fire (Gen. Info) (Emergency)
591-5737911

Traffic signals
591-5287

Garbage
591-5543
E-mail: Solid waste

govME Web site info.
594-7879

Tacoma Public Library
591-5666

Hazardous waste
591-5418
E-mail: Solid waste

Hearing Examiner (Gen. Info)
591-5195

Trees in right-of-way
591-5500

Housing discrimination
591-5151

Utilities customer service
502-8600

Human Resources (Gen. Info)
591-5400

Yard waste
591-5543
E-mail: Solid waste

Water outages. leaks, etc.
502-8384

Illegal parking
798-4721

Water outages, leaks, etc. After business hours)
502-8344

Neighborhood Councils
591-5229
E-mail: Elton Gatewood

Human Rights & Human Svcs. (TTY)
591-5151591-5153

Community Relations Office
591-5054
E-mail: Rob McNair-Huff

Long-range Planning
591-5373 or 591-5210

City Manager's Office
591-5130

Land use planners
591-5577

Mayor / City Council
591-5100
E-mail: Cindy DeGrosse