Oakley Police Officers corral the sea lion on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Photos: Oakley PD
“Sea? We’re not lion when we say OPD is the best police department around! Good night, Oakley!”
The sea lion exits and Oakley Police vehicle at a local marina.
By Oakley Police Department
On Sunday, March 17, 2024 – St. Patrick’s Day — at 9:27 PM Oakley Police Officers C. Taylor and M. Jackson were dispatched to the Valero Station at the corner of E. Cypress Road and Knightsen Avenue for a young and wayward sea lion that was in the road and in danger of being hit by a car. Our officers worked with other citizens in corralling the sea lion and SEALing it into a specific area.
Our officers tried staying two steps ahead of the thoroughbred pinniped, but still found it difficult to coax it into the back of a patrol vehicle. The officers found that if one of them sat in the back of the vehicle and kept repeating, “free bass,” it would gain the attention of the seal lion and eventually it hopped right up and into the vehicle.
Our officers called the Marine Mammal Center, but nobody was available to pick up our passenger. With the exception of being a little lost, the sea lion seemed fine, uninjured and able bodied. The sea lion was given a chauffeured ride to a local marina and set free back into the Delta waters.
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