Truth be told the first time I heard someone say defund the police I thought they were crazy. Today…read moreI couldn't agree more. Example 1: Friday the 15th of March 2024 at around 10:50 I had to pull over on the side of the side of the Rosemont Village Building because my tire had popped pretty badly. I called AAA with 2% on my phone battery and they never came. I called my dad also and it took him about an hour and a half maybe two to get there from where we live. I waited outside my car, hazards on, visibly flat tire, with a dead phone for my dad. In that time, I watched countless police officers go in and out. I watched them trade weapons from the artillery in their trunks including automatic rifles, pistols, and tasters. I watched them get dressed up in head-to-toe camo and bullet proof vests as if readying for war. Not once in the two hours I sat outside their office did a single officer that looked my way asked if I needed assistance when all I needed was help putting on a spare tire. When my dad did come to help me, they watched him work alone. Never once seeming inclined to help the public they "serve." Example 2: Two weeks ago, on my way home from work at around 1:30 I was taking 294 from O'Hare back towards Downers Grove. I got stuck behind an "oversized load" labeled truck going around 30MPH in a 65. I got into the neighboring lane to pass and began to accelerate when a car quickly pulled out in front of me. I had to aggressively slam on my breaks to not hit them. Again, I tried to pass and again they blocked me this time flashing lights from an undercover police car and quickly turning them off. I followed the car for about a mile unsure how to procced. After an uneventful mile I again tried to pass the truck, this time going TWO lanes to my left from the right lane. The cop then followed and turned his lights on to pull me over. When stopped he claimed I was pulled over for improper lane use telling me "I can't slide all the way to the left to cut back to the right. I know what you're doing, not on my watch" When I had only moved two lanes in a four to five lane section of highway, all the while staying within the permitters of the speed limit. I cannot believe that would hold up as improper lane use. This officer was pulling me over for intentions he guessed I had, that I'm not sure are even a crime. I don't remember learning in drivers ed that it's "improper" to pass oversized trucks on the highway that are going at least 20 under the speed limit. Having no actual reason to pull me over he let me go. Example 3: I had a domestic situation in my home a few months back when a tenant of my home (I'm a tenant not an owner as well) had the police arrive looking for him. Displeased with how I handled the news (I told his dad) he went into my living space broke parts of the chandelier off and flipped a table across the room and threw some of my things around while I was gone. I texted about the situation saying, "Did you really destroy and vandalize private property out of anger that you were caught destroying and vandalizing public property?" to which a picture of my cat was sent back with a gun pointed to his head. I called the police back to the house fully intending to press charges. BUT was surprised to learn there is no charge to be pressed. They can't help me until he actually shoots the cat. Because at their core police are here to respond to crime NOT prevent it. It is for these reasons, of my own experience, I fully support defunding the police and redirecting funds to actual social services with de-escalation training that can work to prevent crime. Not just a bunch of cops on a power-trips who do nothing for the betterment/help of the public. This is not to say I don't think there should be a better system to REPLACE police, but how would more police funding prevent crime when police themselves are OPENLY not there to stop crime but to WAIT for it?

Coming there not first time for reporting a crime and vowed by professionalism and empathy …read more They are constantly busy , but always polite and helpful to whoever enters that door. Have to say huge thank you to all police enforcement for working sooo hard for all of us And I am eternally grateful for recovering my property fast Thank you , stay strong and safe! God bless!

CPD Officer Deronis Cooper has over thirty complaints against him, not including mine…read more Some of the complaints were for excessive force including mine which isn't even included yet the attached pic shows one of his yearly salaries. Not bad, huh? Outrageous!

You got a fcking rude ass officer answering the phone.l called at 6:43 am 6/9/26. I'm trying to…read moreconfirm if they found my dad's dog and the asshole is telling me we don't have any dogs, did you ask your dad. No asshole I'm in Texas and my dad doesn't know how to use the Nextdoor app. I wouldn't be surprised if your ass was on desk duty.

not one to say nice things about cops but the Skokie police are a cut above the rest they have been…read moreso patient and kind in my time of need

I was shocked in a good way by the amount of respect I was shown. Despite the arrest, the officers…read morewere very calm and professional. Even though they are rookies and eventually will become a tyrant. I truly appreciate it, as it's rare to see authority figures who don't abuse their power as if they are invincible.

Unbelievable! They spend are tax dollars on these massive empty buildings and need more money to…read morepay the police pay/ pension debt! Pay the debt first then build buildings with are money

Officer asked me if I had weed in my bag after pulling me over on my ebike he asked me multiple…read moretimes if it was in my bag I said no but what 14 year old smokes weed and has in there backpack felt pretty framed for something I did not do the one cop was nice I liked him i am just not happy that he asked me if I had weed because i obviously didn't my final thing to say is that I don't care about the bike to much the fact that he asked me if I have weed really makes me angry

so my apartment was burglarized by the same person twice and the mount prospect police decided to…read morenot arrest them the first time and then she burglarized my apartment when I was at work again and then she got away with all my stuff she stole and the cook county detectives said she did it but the mount prospect police still did nothing. I had my company laptop stole, my gaming equipment stolen including an Alienware computer. The only thing that the detectives got back was my car that was also stolen. But no arrests were made and I was fired from my job because she stole my company's laptop. Soon after that I could not find a job because it was the recession and lost my apartment as well.

Always there to help. Everyone here is very polite. They resolve the issue at hand in no time.read more

Cant get a fair hearing on a non moving violation. The hearing officer was rude and blunt and…read morewouldnt listen to me or evaluate my photo evidence. Acted like a dictator just looking for money. You cant get a fair hearing here.

update 2021: big improvement. and a big shout out to all…read moreinvolved in doing what is right! look how strong We are, together! and personally thank~ @128 Jimenez, for letting me know about my lights! @332 Eshow, for the notice! @137 Montgomery , much love fam, always welcomed! - J Law

I was stabbed but they refused to help unless I arrived at the police station. they have more…read moreconcerns about a wounded American than a fugitive that's made the news and has 4+ duis. wounded or bleeding they want want me to go into the station while the fugitive sits comfy at home. love the liberals

Not much to say. If your here it's cause something bad happened. But at least they are nice while…read morethey help you.

I have no stars to click on. I talked to the Switchboard and I mean Officer Hermandez and said I'll…read moretransfer you to 911as if I was bothering her. Absolutely disgusting! The suburbs don't act that way at all and show concern. This officer behind a desk wanted to hand me off to 911 and the 911 dispatcher was ignorant and didn't care. That's the oath that you took to do no evil and to protect your citizens. You failed. Have frozen water bottles pelleted at your head when you're on the front lines of defending the city of Chicago. But when you have no experience, then shut your mouth.

The city of Des Plaines clearly is not overly concerned with the people who live here or the fact…read morethat this horrific place is driving down property values for homeowners. It's only going to get worse with the new parking "rules" for visitors, so local homeowners can plan on significantly increased visitor parking in front of their houses. Take it up with the city, see how far you get.

Very nice city quite close to O'Hare Airport. Plenty of hotels and places to eat but best of all,…read morenice open space parks and picnic areas. Home to the Rivers Casino. Des Plaines River is calm and serene. I wish there was a walkway to the river because I walked around and couldn't find any way to get down to the river banks. Summertime is nice because it is cool and breezy in the shade and there are many places to picnic and throw a frisbee with friends and family.

This is a review of the Civic Center at the address listed here, not for the actual entire city of…read moreDes Plaines. That should be obvious, but I just wanted to make it clear! I've had mixed results here. When I have to come in to ask a question or pay some fee or another, the line always moves quickly, and the staff is always friendly. When I have questions about where to find the date on the receipt for my city sticker or what the zoning rules are if I want to put a new mailbox up, my questions are always answered properly. I haven't had to come here for anything big or major, like a renovation permit, but I did come here to ask if I needed one for a small issue with my basement and had the circumstances around when one is or is not required explained to my satisfaction. The people on the administrative side know their stuff and don't talk to you like a moron if you don't know it yourself. Across the way, on the other side of the civic center, you will find the police. I cannot say that they are as with it as the other city employees I've dealt with, in my experience. I was recently issued a parking ticket that was not filled out all the way and had "display of expired sticker" written as the reason it was issued. (I did have an expired sticker displayed in addition to my current one.) When I went down to the police side of the civic center, however, I was told it was because I did not have a valid sticker at all. Well, I do have one, and I provided a copy of the receipt. The woman I was speaking with got a bit testy and said she'd send the paperwork to the proper department, but could not or would not explain to me why I was being told two different reasons for my ticket. Then, in the mail, I received a piece of paper informing me that my ticket was ACTUALLY for a third, different thing--improper display of my current sticker. I needed to provide a photograph of my sticker on my car, displayed correctly. It did not say whether I should mail it, email it, or what, so I just brought the photo in myself. Again, the person I saw on the police side couldn't or wouldn't tell me why there was a discrepancy when I brought in the photo. She also couldn't tell me what would happen next, only saying, "We'll contact you." It has been almost three weeks now since I presented the photo, and I still have not heard from them. I called to try to talk to somebody, but I was told I would be contacted through the mail. Here I am, still waiting, hoping that if I do have to pay a fine, the notification didn't get lost in the mail, leaving me to get pulled over randomly some time because my license plate shows up on a list with the state police. I've certainly experienced worse service from city or village administration and police departments and realize that this is not that bad of an experience. In fact, I was once waiting for a form at Wood Dale PD for an entire afternoon. Still, I would really like to see the service on the PD side rise to the level of the other Civic Center staff. Also, it is annoying as hell to be parking your car in front of this place to pay for what appears to be a BS ticket, only to see numerous police walking past a vehicle parked in a totally illegal fashion right in front of their station and not writing a single ticket. I seriously thought my head might explode when I saw that. Of course, it would probably be one of the super nice ladies from the administrative side who ended up on brain detail if it actually happened.