Not every rescue in Alameda involves a dog or cat. On Monday, Oct. 26, the Alameda Police Department's dispatch center took a call about a raccoon stranded on top of a hangar at Alameda Point. According to the caller, the animal had been stuck up there overnight and could not find a way down.
A lift to the roof
With help from the city's Public Works Department, Animal Control Officer Emily Crum was raised to the top of the hangar, where she secured the frightened raccoon and carried it back to the ground, police said. Patch noted the officer went up on a white lift carrying a large crate for the animal.
"Well, the sky is the limit for Alameda's Animal Control Team," the department wrote on Facebook, thanking the Public Works crew and Crum for "going above and beyond to help one of our furry residents in need."
Not the first high-wire save
The Alameda Post, which updated its story Oct. 28 with more details about the outcome, points out that the city's animal control officers have a track record of tricky rescues. In 2024, longtime officer Alaina Onesko freed a young Cooper's hawk stuck in a tall tree on Buena Vista Avenue, again with a Public Works employee in a cherry picker.