Fremont Police Department Program & Staff Directory

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Program Directory
(Fremont Police Services & Frequently Used Fremont City Services)

Program
Phone
Email
Fremont Police General Services 510-790-6800
Abandoned Vehicle Hotline  510-790-6775 TrafficUnit@fremont.gov
Alameda County Child Abuse Hotline 510-259-1800  
Alameda County Housing Authority 510-727-8570  
Alarm Permits 510-790-6755 AlarmPermits@fremont.gov
Animal Services 510-790-6630
BART Police 510-464-7000  
Block Party Permits (City of Fremont) 510-494-4543  
Business Licenses (City of Fremont Solicitor's Permits) 510-494-4460   
Chief of Police (Fremont Police) 510-790-6811 PoliceChief@fremont.gov
CHP (California Highway Patrao) Non=Emergency  800-835-5247  
Community Engagement / Public Affairs 510-790-6740
Community Preservation and Code Enforcement
(City of Fremont)
510-494-4430 code_enf@fremont.gov
Court Liaison 510-790-6868
Crime Lab 510-790-6790
Dispatch/Public Safety Communications 510-790-6800, ext 3   
Explorer Post 510-790-6697 explorers@fremont.gov
Graffiti Hotline 510-494-4897
Investigations 510-790-6900
Jail - Detention Facility 510-790-6800
Maintenance - City of Fremont Streets and Parks  510-979-5700   

Media Relations/PIO

 510-790-6802  FremontPDPIO@fremont.gov
Mobile Evaluation Team (MET)    MET@fremont.gov
Personnel Unit 510-790-6680
Fremont Police Association

fpa@fpaonline.org

Community Engagement and Public Affairs 510-790-6740
Property Unit 510-790-6920
R.E.A.C.T. High Tech Crime Task Force 408-220-2420 reactsj@reacttf.org
Records Unit 510-790-6800
So. Alameda County Major Crimes Task Force 510-477-1700
Shelter Against Violent Environment (S.A.V.E.)
dvshelter@aol.com
School Resource Officer 510-790-6743
Senior Center (City of Fremont) 510-790-6600   
Silent Witness 510-494-4856
Special Event, Film and Night Club Permits 510-790-6967
Street Lights Outage (City of Fremont)  800-462-3271   
Tow Hearing Officer 510-790-6899 trafficunit@fremont.gov
Traffic Signal Programs/City of Fremont Traffic Engineering 510-494-4745   
Traffic Unit 510-790-6760 trafficunit@fremont.gov
Training Unit 510-790-6680
Tree Limbs Fallen, Tree Hazardous (City of Fremont) 510-979-5700   
Tree Sight Visibility Issues/Blocking driver or pedestrian View
(City of Fremont Community Preservation)
510-494-4430  
TTY Phone for the Hearing Impaired 510-791-4222
Volunteer (V.I.P.S.) 510-790-6691
Warrant Information 510-790-6872
Webmaster 510-790-6967 PDwebmaster@fremont.gov
Youth Diversion/Missing Persons 510-790-6928

Staff Directory
(Command Staff and Specific Program Leads Only)

Snelson, Matthew

  • Departments:Special Operations
  • Divisions:Command Staff
  • Title:Police Captain/Special Operations Division Commander
  • Phone:(510) 790-6874
  • Email:

Snelson

As of January 2024, Captain Snelson is serving as Commander of the Special Operations Division.

Snelson was promoted to Captain in January 2022 and served as Commander of the Administrative Operations Division. 

Snelson was promoted to lieutenant in 2015 and previously managed the Personnel & Training Unit and was also the FPD administrator for department policies. A native of Fremont, he joined the Fremont Police Department in 2003 as an officer and was promoted to sergeant in 2012. As an officer he served as a field training officer, canine officer, peer support team member, SWAT team member, and detective. After being promoted to sergeant, he served as a patrol supervisor, school resource unit supervisor, and SWAT team leader. As a lieutenant, he was a Patrol Watch Commander for three years and manages the FPD Special Response Unit, Canine Unit, and Unmanned Ariel Systems team.

Captain Snelson has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from California State University Hayward and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from California State University East Bay.

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