I along with my parents would like to praise Oceanside Police Department Senior Volunteer Patrol Program. We have lived in Oceanside for over 32 years and greatly appreciate this program. CATHY SODERBERG recently was so helpful and patient when inquiring about Vacation Home Checks. My parents were very pleased with their service and how often they would check on the home. Neighbors even inquired about the service and impressed with how thorough they were with their home checks. Thank you so much OPD Senior Volunteer Patrol Program! Will continue to utilize their services. read more

I will always support our first responders this review has nothing to do with them, whoever was answering calls this Saturday morning was one of the most rude people I have ever had to deal with. Actually insane read more

A guy from this department likes to hide out in residential streets in La Mesa to issue speeding tickets to civilians commuting to work and taking their kids to school in the morning. We have local police regularly sit and radar for speeding and not once have I been stopped. This guy issued me a ticket and I saw him issue two more on my drive back from dropping my kiddo off at school. Strange to target a small suburb so far from their jurisdiction just to issue tickets to a place where I rarely see accidents or people speeding! These are honest people commuting in the morning, allegedly going 10 over is not worth the trouble! Why not do something worthwhile like stop actual criminal! Also make no mistake- I love La Mesa PD, just unsure what random cops from Oceanside are doing issuing silly tickets all the way over in La Mesa? read more

Thank you Yelp for allowing us to review the Police department unlike google. It's important the community has an outlet to voice its opinions and complaints on this civilian agency that is tax payer funded. I've noticed this police department looks the other way when a homeless person masturbates in front of children, but is quick to issue a ticket for tint or expired registration. Police should be using their resources for the better the community not to nickel-and-dime them. With the high cost of housing it's unfortunate this police department uses citizens as a form of revenue. Do better. read more

I went into this department after being abused, with visible marks and bruises all over me. The officer took my report but never arrested anyone or took meaningful action. I was told I'd be contacted by a detective, yet no one ever followed up. It feels pointless to even have this department open when they fail to do their jobs. They show no concern for victims of rape or abuse, leaving people without the protection or justice they desperately need. read more

This was a situation that I was recently involved in regarding this online Romance Scam that has happened to me this year starting on (December 6, 2022) until (May 17, 2023). This was an online long distance relationship. I had with this man that has lasted for an (6 months time period). I broke up with this man on (May 17, 2023), because I had enough of him. He kept asking me to send him my money. For these first (five months), this man never asked me for any money at all. But these (six months) later, this person started to ask me for my money to buy him an Apple Gift Card or a Vanilla Card that is listed as a Visa Debit Card at this Walmart Supercenter Store this was on (May 12, 2023 on Friday) when he was talking to me on this What's App conversation in text messaging me on their Chat Section. He asked me to load the amount of $500 onto either one of these Gift Cards and then send him on the back of these cards the codes. These gift cards which is the Apple Gift Card and the Vanilla Gift Card which is a Visa Debit Card are frequently used by Scammers to turn these gift cards into CASH. I told him NO. I am not going to buy this one Apple Gift Card for him. I told him to use his own money not my money. I can't afford to give away any free money. No one I know can afford to give away their money. At that time, I knew this man was a Scammer. I never Trusted him and he would be angry at me for not Trusting him. He would tell me on a frequent basis that I need to work on Trusting him more. My instincts were kicking in and telling me Not to TRUST him. I had really good reasons not to trust him. These Scammers their method is they will talk to a specific woman on these social media websites like Yelp.com, Facebook.com, Instagram.com, Tik Tok Video Site and also these men who are Scammers they hang out on these several Dating websites like Facebook Dating.com, EHarmony.com, and other Dating websites. It is very dangerous for women these days to try to meet single men online to date them. It's not a good idea. I don't trust these Dating websites to meet single men for dates. I never do it. This man was my online long distance boyfriend for a (six months) time period. I didn't know he was a Scammer until he started to ask me for my money to send to him that was 6 months later on Friday on May 12, 2023. It is very difficult for me to talk about this situation that I was recently involved in on this Yelp Review website, but I feel it needs to be addressed on here because I want to help other women on this Yelp Review website and I hope the same thing does not happen to them and they can learn from my own experience I had with this man who is a Yelp Reviewer on this Yelp Review website. This Yelp member he admitted to me that he is a Scammer and he also told me he is a Fake Person. Again, this man, he got NO MONEY from me. I was very smart not to give him none of my money. But he is still in operation on the What's App website. I can see his Profile Account Page is still Active on the What's App Site. I placed a strong BLOCK on his full name on Yelp Messages Feature, What's App, and on my Apple IPhone Xr Contacts List. This man who was my former online long distance boyfriend cannot send me anymore of his messages online. I hope I never hear from him again. Then I called the Oceanside Police Department this afternoon at 2 p. m. and Kathleen this OPD Dispatcher answered my phone call after it rang 3 times. Kathleen said OPD, how can I help you? I told Kathleen that I need her good advice about his Romance Scam I was recently involved on this Yelp Review website. I explained my issue to Kathleen this OPD Dispatcher today and I told her I ended this online long distance relationship with this man who claims he is a Scammer and a Fake Person to me. I have placed a strong BLOCK on his Full name on all 3 of his Accounts. Then I asked Kathleen, is it safe for me now since I was talking to this man who is a Scammer for this 6 month time period? Kathleen told me Yes, I am very safe and if I hear anything again in the future from this man Scammer to give her a call at the Oceanside Police Station and she will help me with anyone of my concerns. Kathleen this OPD Dispatcher, she also said to me today, these Romance Scams do happen everyday and this is a very common thing that has happened to a lot of single women and these Romance Scams also happen to single men who there are women online on this What's App site who these Women Scammers are trying to extort Money from these single men who are text messaging these women scammers on this What's App website. I want to warn everyone of these Single Women and Single Men Please if these woman or men scammers message you on this Yelp website or any social media website and you don't know this person. Don't accept any Friend Requests from these people you don't know. it is a Scammer. These Scammers are online criminals and are located everywhere on the internet. read more

My name is Eric Abel I'm a 100% permanent and total disabled Veteran. I was Recruit Chief Petty Officer in Boot Camp, Plane Captain of the Quarter, and Sailor of the Month while serving in the Navy's Top Gun Squadron. July 12, 2022 I was arrested for homicide in Las Vegas Nevada. Oceanside California police officer Detective Jeffrey D. Vandenberg came to Las Vegas Nevada had me arrested and then left Las Vegas without saying anything to the Las Vegas police department that he had arrest me. Las Vegas police department didn't know what to do with me. They called Oceanside police department and they said they didn't want me. They weren't sending anyone for me, and they didn't want me sent to them. Las Vegas police department released me and said they didn't know what else to do with me. They said there still was a homicide charge against me and that I had to call Oceanside police department and ask them to remove it. When was the last time someone was released from jail with a pending homicide charge against them? Never. The arrest was a blatant assault on me because things didn't go the way detective Vandenberg wanted them to. The last thing this detective said to me before having me arrested was that man died because you didn't call 911. This is how Oceanside police treat disabled Veterans. After being released from jail I have been threatened numerous times for trying to pursue legal action for the false arrest Everyone knows police are quitting their jobs in record numbers. They're not quitting for the reasons were told, they're quitting for conscience sake. They don't want to be part of the corruption in the police department. I need help finding and attorney. Please share and post this on social media. My contact information is ericabelvetret@outlook.com, ericabelvetret@gmail.com read more

Didn't help me with my stalker. My stalker ended up finding me and my child and tried to kill us and they did nothing. Literally nothing didn't pursue it. Got in a car accident cop who shows up is hostile yelling at everyone on scene already. He called for back up and they all act like entitled brats. Do better read more

Husband was rear ended while he was stopped @ a red light, by a woman texting with her child in the car & she was unregistered/ uninsured, & the police report did not mention SHE WAS AT FAULT, he was stopped at a red light. Believe the police are racist, because he's African American And the police report took a MONTH to get after calling & going to the police station to get it many times! Which they were very rude/abusive with us just simply asking for the accident report. VERY Unprofessional no answer or response from the Chief! read more

This department has really bad cops that don't follow simple traffic laws. Always speeding, not signaling, and always in a hurry for nothing. No lights or sirens on either while they do this. They seem to not even get crime down because they lack sense. Completely useless force overall. I have more trust in my neighbor John/Jon, who is a marine, for safety than these clowns. read more

This place does not do their job at all. The sergeants do not help you whatsoever unless Mr. Clint bussey wants to give me a call. I was in a hit and run where I had my motorcycle totaled, my leg was broken and they did not care to even take a look at my case number. These people do not care about you and you. I know your department won't even look at this since you won't even look at my case but I hope you fix your ways. You can't even protect and serve. That's my job and that's your job. Figure it out. I hope your sergeants figure out their jobs as well. read more

I always see at least one patrol when I visit as well as following them on Facebook. The officers are super friendly and the agency continues to have active community engagement with fun and informative events. They have a PIO that keeps residents and businesses informed of anomolies around the area such as car accidents or weather issues. OPD is professional and a great addition to law enforcement. read more

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They have been responsive and helpful in helping me to connect with a homeless relative. .

My experience with them I found them to be very reasonable considerate professional they conducted themselves in a manner that should be seen as a role model for all Police Officers and Depts. read more

I call regarding a vehicle that I had questions on directing it as missing/stolen. I stated reaching out to the non emergency line because I wasn't sure what to do. However the women I spoke to was rude and inconsiderate as soon as I stated that it was in Mexico however it was last registered to me in the states as non moving. My father moved there for business and was storing it there for the time being however on one of his business trips it got taken. However this is why I and many others believe in defunding the police. The one time I reach out for help this is how they react and "serve the community" read more

If you are a domestic violence victim, and being stalked be sure the Oceanside Police will not only not help you, but defend your abuser and improperly write up the police reports to make it look as though the victim should not have called the police. One officer on trial testified to supposedly throwing away his notes right after he came to my house (once my abductor released me but stole my property). This department clearly does not care about the safety of women (disabled women at that) but will happily vilify the victim. That said, I have done a lot of research into stalking dv cases since mine and this is actually typical of most police departments with so many cases nationwide, with many times waiting until a victim is killed before taking real action. It's just really sad that we're still dealing with this in the 2000s. read more

There are definitely a handful of younger police at Oceanside Police Department that are far from Professional and definitely do not deserve to work for a police department let alone carry a badge or a gun. Our family has been here since the 50s and is very sad to see what ocean side Police Department and a handful of their officers have become and are. read more

I couldn't be more grateful for you all. Thank you for all you do and keeping our city safe and providing support. Stay safe and God bless you and protect you always. read more

I really don't want to write too much bad stuff because I may see one of them at my donut spot. Back in the day I wasn't always a good boy and at the time I was trying to change that. So I boldly walked into the station and ask if they could check to see if I had a warrant for my arrest. The guy working the desk looked at me all crazy but I didn't care I needed to handle my business. Recently some clown was able to get access to my bank info. My bank is in Oceanside but at the time I was living in Temecula so they said I had to file a report in Temecula. Come on man that's bs just do the paperwork so I can leave. Well they didn't even want to help me. Now I see why so many people are taking the law into their own hands. read more

Need a police report mailed to you? Prepare to wait longer than 10 days to get it. I waited 12 working days then walked into the station to ask where my police report was. "Ohhhh, it was just on her desk ready to get mailed." Meaning "too bad you can't do anything about it, peasant." Wanna hear some reality? Involved in an accident where the other person fled the scene. Got her plates and a description of the vehicle, passed it on to the police who came to make the report, guess how much I've heard about this in the past 3 months since I've made the report? Not at all. PRETTY NEAT, with all this plate scanning technology they can use to get you for things that make you pay the state. If your car gets broken into, just file a police report online, an officer doesn't need to investigate that. So are you trying to make vigilantes in a firearm restrictive county so that you can charge us when we take care of the job you won't do, that we pay you to do? I'm kind of sick of getting shit on by unethical people who don't have consequences because the police don't care. News flash: Rely on yourself to protect yourself, by the time police get there the crime has been committed. I don't feel safe with the protection of these fools, I feel more like a rolling ATM. Always watching out because you know just having a license plate bulb out is enough for these clowns to try to take all of your rights away. Basically, the police are revenue generators. You see this by the amount of motorcycle police patrolling Oceanside. Their sole purpose is traffic citations. You can also tell by the lack of enthusiasm for what I would consider traditional police work, like investigating crimes they know to have taken place. But don't they look so badass with their M4's mounted to their BMW Motorcycles we payed for? read more

Obviously when someone gives the police department a bad review is probably because you are a troublemaker. When I visited the police department, they were professionals, respectful and very helpful . Jeeze, give them a break, do you want their job ? Anyways, they treated me fine, and helped me with my problems. read more

OPD, yeah you know me, you down with OPD, yeah you know me. Born and raised in Oceanside I've seen the city change so much over the years and obviously times are different and so is this police department. I think so much of the community has already formed their own opinions about law enforcement whether it's Oceanside, Military, Carlsbad, Sherriff's or whoever. Your always going to get the wide range of experiences from good, bad and everything in-between. Without giving too many specifics and to protect all parties involved I'm going to keep this general. Oceanside has it's rough neighborhoods and per capita there is a higher crime rate than we like to admit. By comparison to incorporated and none incorporated cities they are pretty well funded. They are early adopters of technology in limited scope such as those license plate readers on the roof and the spike strips that shoot out from the car versus manual and we have an in house SWAT team. I was disappointed when the OPD building started having vagrants and vagabond's loitering the station so they lightened up the hours because it's nice to know you can go somewhere afterhours. For the most part they use standard issue P71 Police Interceptors with a few explorers and new doge's thrown in the mix. We have a ghetto bird and having Camp Pendleton to the north probably is a good thing in that their security is on the national level. Like most departments they carry standard issue Berreta's and since we have such a nice shooting range in town you'll often see off duty officers shooting there. Having the beach here the crowds can get big and usually the coastal presence is strong throughout the summer. Many of the officers stay within the city which is nice in case some major call to duty happens. I don't like or dislike LEO's I just have a healthy respect for them and what they do, they proudly serve in the face of adversity and overwhelming odds. Knowing a few people on the force can be a good thing, but they'll always get a bad rap. read more

Just wanted to say a special thank you to officer L. Rubish, your quick response to my hit and run accident was vital. Very cool, calm, and professional attitude. You helped so much and was able to flag the guy down by chance as he drove by. Woohoo! Very impressed, you guys are awesome read more

I appreciate Oceanside PD. The officers are putting their lives on the line daily for us so that we can have safety and security. I'm so appreciative and thankful for them read more

Both Officer Kal And Daly are very professional in the job. Thank you for a decent pullover. You were professional and nice in light of the circumstances and our tint being to dark on our front windows I give you 5 stars. read more

The Citizen and the Lazy Bullies A Short Story Based on True Events Besides being harassed by officers a handful of times over my 27 years growing up im Oceanside, I still thought they maybe provided a valuable service to out city. However, when I heard the way the woman who answered the non-emergency treated the caller that changed. The citizen called in a noise complaint at 12:20 A.M. due to a loud ongoing party two houses down. They hesitated until 12:20 instead of the 10pm start time of the actual noise curfew because it was Saturday so they had no qualms with a party that went a bit long. 12:20 though is when the thumping mariachi bassline and exclamations of "AY AY AY AYYYY" get a bit old. Anyway, what the dispatcher said to the citizen, was that they needed their full name and address. When the citizen said they do not give out their full name especially to police they were met with a loud sigh from the dispatcher. The dispatcher informed the citizen that they could not act on this call if they do not receive the full name. When the citizen enquired about why that's the case the dispatcher replied "it's just the rules". When the citizen said that doesn't answer the question the dispatcher said that the name will not even be giving to the officers. The citizen then said that makes even less sense then why I give you a full name and why it matters to you. The citizen then angrily hung up after dealing with Oceanside finest they sure set a great example for themselves and their hard work ethic for the citizens that they serve. Mariachi then carried on into the night - the blaring trumpets and pounding tubas rocking the resident to rage. The End read more

I have had nothing but issues getting any help from the oceanside police dept. I went in to file a domestic abuse complaint and the officer yelled at me for not knowing the exact time I was getting knocked around. I walked out. My father had a person steal money from him and the investigator called the person up on the phone and because they didn't stutter when asked about the money they closed the complaint telling me the had 12 other complaints on their desk. Thank goodness the courts saw right through the theif and ordered her to pay it back. Trust? Uh no no trust in these folks. read more

ITS well known that oceanside police dept is? hard to even get thru to the dept on the phone, over an hour to respond . . filing a complaint? but i know it wont go anywhere http://www.ci.oceanside.ca.us/gov/police/contact/com.asp http://www.gtinewsphoto.com/InternalAffairs.html i can not in all fairness speak bad for the entire force but the officer i dealt with was a bad apple . my overall rating of the oceanside police dept operations? start over. HANDING OUT 600 DOLLAR illegal camping tickets or 400.00 smoking on the beach tickets read more

I came in today to make a case against someone who scammed me online... I spoke on the phone to officer M. Mesa and he told me all I needed to have before coming in. Once I printed documentation, I was able to meet with him and he was very understanding and helpful to my case. I have nothing but great things to say about the assistance I was given here. read more

Three weeks since our head on collision and no police report. My daughter and I are stuck looking at our totalled car in the driveway everyday since this happened. No car, no rental, nothing the insurance can do since we dont have the information. We were told by the officer on scene not to speak to the other driver or witnesses because he will take care of everything, just told us to go pick up the report at the station. So we did as we were told only to be told to pay $5 and wait 10-15 days for the report to be sent out. Had I known it would take this long I would have gotten all the information myself. This has been a nightmare. At the police station they were of no help either. They said that I was welcomed to fill out a complaint form if I want to complain about their process. for a small town like oceanside to have such an inefficient process is inexcusable. read more

I can't even believe this place got 2 1/2 stars... Everytime i call them out of suspicion they come like 5-10 minutes later ready to figure out whats going on. I used to live in Arizona and all the police departments combines didn't make up even a fraction of the greatness OSPD is. when you drive around in almost any city at night in arizona, you'll be pulled over for doing nothing but the suspicion of driving at night. NEVER been pulled over here, this rating is probably from all you villians and crooks who do bad. follow the rules and this place is the best to live with the police department. read more

In having our first interactions with the PD happen in such a bizarre manner as two days in a row to totally unrelated situations with the first call made directly to the PD and telling my son how I was so impressed with the way the dispatcher and responding officer responded to my call as absolutely amazed at the level of professionalism and discretion that was so authentic, and not knowing my son would need to call the next evening to an extremely dangerous event that it helped him feel safe to call resulted in witnessing several PD officers act without hesitation in absolute bravery to ensure safety in our community. Outstanding! I wish this was a time caught on camera because it was absolutely skillful and brave, yet discrete and respectful not to cause panic, THANK YOU! I am so thankful this is the Oceanside Police Department!!! Thank you so much for being so exceptional in what you do!!! read more

Best police department in the County! We appreciate you so much and thank you for keeping Oceanside safe on a daily basis!

I'm so upset still about the police department. Let's just I called the 11 times the about the situation I had trouble with, it's a lot to this story. Few police were nice, some of them were mean and disrespectful. I was treated so bad after this happened. The police department failed me. I lost respect for them. I believe that are police department is corrupted. It's seem I hear a lot complaints and all of sudden they have new police vehicles. Why they don't help the community at all. They need replace everybody in the department. Maybe if they do that, they wouldn't have over a thousand complaints. They forget to have humanity in their life. read more

We recently had a prowler on our property. Oceanside Police were called immediately. Their response was quick. After only a few minutes, we were asked to identify a person leaving the area. He was the prowler and he was arrested. This police department is very professional and thorough. We were treated with care and respect. Oceanside is very fortunate to be served by these people. Special kudos to Officer Maulder for his help during and after the incident. read more

Last year I made a mistake and made the left hand turn into the harbor on my beach cruiser right in front of tony's sports bar where all the no left hand turn signs are. Shortly there after officer Brian Sunberg stopped me and parked in the green zone just in front of tony's bar claiming he was doing so for the "common good", because I crossed the double, double yellow lines. While officer Sunberg had me detained to write me a ticket I pointed out at least 25-30 Caucasian bike riders who were about to make the same turn I just made. Officer Sunberg looked at me then at the gaggle of Caucasian bike riders then back at me claiming" I didn't see them". Needless to say after that incident I knew where I stood in the eyes of officer Sunberg and I did not feel comfortable at all. Even after he handed me my $200 ticket he decided to patronize me one last time before he got into his vehicle by giving me the thumbs up gesture and a great big smile to seemingly say "gotcha". I don't care about the $200, what I care about is the fact that Officer Sunberg is the individual who trains a good portion of prospective harbor police and with someone like that as leader who knows who he'll rub off on. Prejudice is prejudice no matter how you look at it and I for one have little faith in the PD with guys like him patrolling oceanside. Especially when he's the go to for local news etc, it all just snowball's. read more

Complain complain complain. These guys are here for one reason. To serve and protect. I'm sure they didn't sign up because they just couldn't wait to get belittled and trashed by those very same people they help. Despite knowing about all the ungrateful complainers and haters out there, they signed up anyway and put their lives on the line for them. Go ahead and imagine this city without the police. God Bless Dallas PD and ALL police officers for their dedication and sacrifice. read more

I've called the non-emergency line a handful of times over the years to notify of things such as aggressive panhandling, suspicious vehicles, possible identity theft, etc. 100% of the time I have been greeted by courteous, helpful & respectful men and women of The Oceanside Police Department. In an era where the media can be critical of law enforcement, I would like to take a moment to commend OPD for a job well done time & time again! Their dispatchers are tremendous! read more

Wonderful police force trying their best to support the community, respect the tourists while holding down the terrible pan handlers, graffiti jerks & aggressive skateboarders. I know we are a beach community but we need safe sidewalks! I have been hit by skateboarders, my wife has almost been hit several times and I have seen tourists scared out of their wits by skateboarders coming way too close to them. Since our Oside police have become more aware of the skateboarder dangers, there has been a great reduction in near accidents. Thank you Oceanside Police" read more

These guys are pretty on the ball. Every time we've called they've been to our place in about 10min or less. Much faster than other police departments in areas I've lived in! We've had incidents ranging from neighbors out of control to our motorcycle being stolen. read more