Response times reduced to under 30 minutes. Nearly tripped…read moreover a homeless lady sleeping next to an irrigation ditch @ 11:52 PM 6/16/2025 during my nightly walk with a pickup truck parked near ditch who could easily have run over her. Police officer spoke with her offering alternatives. Well done MPD.

Merced police refused to go out and do a security check on a friend of mine after I called and told…read morethem she was having trouble getting a drug user, temporary tenant, moved out of her house and we were cutoff on our phone call. She didn't respond to my phone calls or texts back to her for several hours. She is 56 years old, lives alone, has a heart condition and all alone. I feared for her safety and they did not care enough to take a couple of minutes to check on her. Other law enforcement departments in the area will do it but Merced police did not want to be bothered with public safety.

Sheriff Vern Warnke is the best. Always there for his county…read more He is running for office again and our County will. be blessed when he is voted into office again.

Well here I am giving a ride to someone via roadrunner exspress thank god there's plenty of shade…read moreand plenty of parking the cops are very friendly smiles on their faces this morning traffic has calmed down actually this place is well maintained and cleaned

You cannot reach them. This is highly frustrating! I had someone popping off extremely loud illegal…read morefireworks this morning around nine-ish and the sparks almost or did hit our roof. Tonight around 9:30 pm, their usual time, in the far back of the baseball fields behind St. Anthony's church they started again but longer. Thankfully they just stopped by 11pm finally; but they keep it going EVERY night and have started doing this in June and just ran out mid July. Where is the Police presence? These are kids putting these off! I feel weird calling 911 for this issue but thought the Police Office was always open?

Why does it take over an hour to come to a domestic dispute? I called to kick a drunk, yelling, and…read moreopenly hostile person out of my girlfriend's place and despite living 6 minutes away from the police station I guess they couldn't bother.

Sad to see bad reviews because my experiences with our police department have been five-stars over…read morethe last 10+ years. I've had the pleasure of speaking with Officer Gomez and Officer May the last couple times, both are very professional and took the time to speak with me and assure me that everything will be taken care of. They both explained what steps need to be taken in each case and made me feel at ease. I hope everyone else will get to have a positive experience as well.

It's a PD. I don't trust cops, but this town needs them…read more The girls up front are great and always helpful. Little place. Very small. But, they do have a coke machine:) Only 1.25:(

Recently reported a very scary occurrence. We heard a very loud BOOM followed by another BOOM &…read moreground vibration. This was an entire neighborhood w/several concerned residents. Windows vibrated, pets ran for cover and neighbors gathered outside. Nobody could figure it out. There wasn't any nearby construction or electrical transformer issues. There were no gas line issues either. Officers came to inspect the area. They were quick, helpful and offered possible theories. It was amazing to see them wk with each other to try to help us find the cause. They risk their lives constantly in effort to keep us safe & manage to respond to many issues/concerns non too big or to small. Thank you, keep up the excellent work!!!

Around 3:45 am on December 26th we heard someone shooting an automatic gun…read more15 shots were heard so we called 911 to report the incident they took our information and said they would notify the Modesto police dept well true to form they never showed up never drove around the neighborhood never contacted me about the video that I had they just don't do their jobs your not safe in this city because of the Modesto police dept and the City council Pathetic all of them

My phone was stolen at Ace Hardware in Turlock and we tried chasing the guy who stole it but we…read morelost him. I tracked the phone on find my but the thief turned my phone off. I called 911 and we got an officer to meet us at the store to review footage immediately. We weren't able to find any good leads at first but Ace said they would call us if they were able to track the credit card information. We went home and within an hour officer H. Duncan got the credit card info, went to the thief's house and found my phone. He was able to meet us at the store to return it. Phone stolen at 3:15pm and returned to us at 5:30pm. This was amazing, and we couldn't be more grateful for Ace Hardware employees for working so fast to get us details and Turlock PD for following up. THANK YOU!!

You need some serious help in your dispatch department. I called to report a person in a hospital…read moregown waking down the street from Emanuel Hospital. He was barefoot, it's 100° outside. The back half of his body was showing with ass hanging. My guess is he's psych. Tried calling the non-emergency number and was put on hold right away for a long time. After being tired of waiting and being concerned with the patient I hung up and called the emergency number. The same person answered the phone that put me on hold on the non-emergency phone number. She told me she was the only one in there and she had nine other emergency calls on hold. That's ridiculous! How is it you only have one person handling all the potential emergencies in this town??? And how quick and efficient are the people who might need help getting the help they need in a timely manor??? Get the girl some help!

I had an injured drunk man banging on my front door about 10 o'clock the other night asking us.to…read morecall 911 so I did. The police showed came pretty quick but of course he was gone by then, but they searched the neighborhood and hopefully located him.

When victims have been stalked and the police officer refuses to BELIEVE with video time stamp…read moreevidence of targeted harassment Dont call for stalking unless you want to be arrested I'm the victim I explained but she refused To see pics below I had two tires slashed at Campus Point by Savemart I had just arrived to Fresno I crossed an ocean for freedom the Pacific YELP he found me! I think it would be nice if the Fresno Police investigated IMO I have been stalked by one man not mentioning his name cause he's a Police Chief for privacy He is not from Fresno for about twelve years 3 diff states she the Fresno Police lady was laughing at me and acted like NO BIG DEAL so I said he arrested me n kidnapped me in Vegas 2025 took me back to his house before jail he could have been the one who slashed my tires in 2026 just do your job please she didn't I had seven different people come to my house in fourteen days from June 13-June 27th 3pm-6pm with video footage see below it's a matter of life n death

This police department is probably the worse one in this country. They don't protect and serve…read more You call they take forever. When you know something needs to get done they say their nothing they can do about it. Or their famous word " what do you want us to do then" the city of chowchilla needs to come together to get a petition to have them shut down and the Madera County Sheiff Department take over. Atleast they will probably respond faster and actually do something. WARNING if you call there is a 99% chance they will not doing anything about it

The Civil unit treats people with politeness and respect. Very professional and courteous.read more