Welcome to the Secret World of the CM: Part I…read more I know what you're thinking, why does our good and kind CM have so many check-ins at the Raleigh police department? Does she moonlight as a lucite heel-wearing street walker? Is she selling Four Loko on the black market? No my dear yelpers. The reason I make so many a visit to our fine Raleigh PD is to get the ABC permits for Elite Events signed off on. In our strict state, the booze laws require us to get special permits for liquor to be dispensed at private parties; a version of these permits requires criminal background checks, money orders, floorplans, venue owner agreements, (everything short of your first-born really). They also require the signature of the license review technician here. A+ to Joette for ALWAYS turning around my permit apps speedily -- usually in just one day's time! And they take the time to give me a call to let me know when it's ready (and to wish me luck with my event!) too. Though I love the receptionist, I had to dock a star for the really mean dude that was filling in on my last visit. As I struggled with the front door (they have to buzz you in) he hollered out from within "PULL THE DOOR!" in an uncalled for manner (like I actually :was: a lucite heel-wearing Four Loko hock-er). At least he did look appropriately sheepish when I tiptoed in to pick up my paperwork.

Recently had to call RPD for the first time. I have for years thought they were the ELITE of the…read moreWake County area but after this call I lost respect. #1 - I am the one who called 911 for service. They did not even come to my home first bc they were flagged down by the group of people I was calling to complain on. (They had no idea who my complaint was about and yet instead of coming to the address of the person who called in reference to threats of being shot they go to a different place. 2) None of the officers I spoke to had a care in the world. My wife noticed it, my kids ages 19,17 noticed it. I have been a homeowner where I live for over a decade and we have these renters that come in every 6-18 month to these 2 homes at the end of our street. Every single person that has lived in these houses have been a nuisance. Two gentleman came to my home and literally stated they were going to kill my kids and wife and RPD did absolutely nothing. I reported a vehicle sitting in the roadway with no tags and RPD did nothing. They literally watch this person go in the house, get a tag from another car and put it on the vehicle. 2 hours later I drove by and that tag had also been changed over to a dealer tag. ( I spoke to a sergeant about this and his response was "well if we ticket them now it may escalate the situation) They wrote no tickets, even though the vehicle was also parked within 20 ft of a stop sign nothing was done. (It has been sitting in the same spot since and nothing has been done) I will never again call RPD if the two officers I dealt with are what they are training. I went through BLET in 2000 when popat first started. My vehicles say retired on my tags and everything. I don't expect special treatment but Maybe a tad more respect or professional courtesy since I have been in those shoes before, kind of like respecting your elders. Don't talk down to me as if I am stupid because I am not currently working. I have already been there and done that and may know a little more than you do. One would think these younger officers would like to learn but it seems they just want to clear the call as quickly as possible. There are always cars parked blocking the intersection, illegally parked, if a fire truck were to need to get down to my house they couldn't even get here because of ppl parking along side the road. RPD never patrols the neighborhood, and when you call them they make you feel dumb like you have no clue what you are talking about. Also the new standard of police work is they ask you for video recording so I guess you are supposed to go around recording your whole life every single day. As a retired officer I used to be proud to say I live in the City of Oaks where RPD protects us but now I see RPD is really going downhill and doesn't give a damn about community policing. They just want to clear calls as quickly as possible.

I don't like to Raleigh around the police, and I'm not going to do that here…read more But, I have yet to have any serious problems with the Raleigh Police. I've been pulled over only once by these guys and nothing bad happened. So that was nice. Having said that I don't appreciate getting pulled over in the first place - especially when I didn't do anything wrong. But I'll give them a neutral rating since so far I've had overall neutral experiences with them.

my eyes closed while driving around 6-6:30 AM this morning . I went into a very uneven shoulder. my…read morefront and rear bumper were hanging by threads. I'm moving from Philly to Fla with my dog. The trooper was absolutely awesome. He zipped tied tied my front bumper and cut off the rear and handed me my license plate. He was pleasant and professional. I regret not getting his name. It happened in Roanoke Rapids. I If he's typical of your force you folks should stand proud !

This State Highway Patrol listing already existed on Yelp (I didn't create it). I'm not sure how it…read morecame to be because there are numerous North Carolina State Highway Patrol Troop Offices across the state and not all of them are on Yelp: https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/law-enforcement/state-highway-patrol/troop-offices. The address on this listing, at 1831 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, is for Troop C. In North Carolina, there are nine troops with the letter designations A through I. Each troop is based in a different city and has jurisdiction in a different set of counties. Troop C covers the Triangle. I often make the drive from Chapel Hill to High Point to Charlotte and on into South Carolina and Georgia, and back. The drive takes place on I-40 and I-85 and spans, I believe, four troop jurisdictions: C, D, E, and H. I haven't seen too much activity from Troop C over the past ~2.5 years. I think the most activity I consistently see is from Troop E on I-85 in Davidson County, near Lexington. That part of the interstate is easy to speed on because of the numerous lanes and low volume of traffic. It's also a great place for the State Highway Patrol to set up speed traps. I see the traps regularly. People also love to speed between Durham and Greensboro, which I believe is mostly Troop D territory. I'm a little surprised I haven't seen more people pulled over on that merged stretch of I-40 and I-85. It's relatively dangerous because of the higher volume of traffic between the Triangle and the Triad. State Highway Patrol is a Law Enforcement division of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Thank you to the State Highway Patrol for keeping us safe on the highway.

I speak from countless experiences when I say the police have better things to do then try and…read more"break up" things or "intervene" because they're "too loud" or "people are upset". The household I'm not getting away from yet just delights in making "natural" treating everyone like pets or little kids to overcompensate feeling like kids or little pets, and when someone doesn't just take orders or makes everyone feel alive, "punishment", psychiatric drugs, hospital commitments, and yes, cop calls. We've had valid calls to the cops no matter who's responsible, but because of few options for intervention and a poor admission of accountability in the household and trying to figure out which resident or guest takes the weight of response, the police in the end coming for nothing, and no action is taken by anyone. ANYONE, police NOT exclusive, I emphasize. They're composed during responses, can handle straightforward procedure well, there's enough dialogue they maintain to get an extent of facts. Although I don't attribute this solely to the police, there's a rigidity of certain protocols, there does need to be more communication of situations to figure out solutions, and circumstances do need to be weighed accordingly to make that right solution by everyone's efforts as we're involved. But the communities need to step up to that too, half the houses at the suburban division I'm at need police intervention at least once, the vast majority of the CITY, "safest in America", BLAMES anyone who has the thought on their mind and when people cry from being afraid to face the reality when someone brings it up. As much as the community needs to get over their reservations, take deep breaths, and settle all problems instead of treat this region like the business "ticket out and to the world" district it is, the police should be open and ready too, without stressing themselves and walking or sprinting through as needed, and the city as a whole needs to welcome the (I've very sure) significant extent of the police already inclined and hopeful. We've had great responses, we talk things out, address things accordingly, consider keeping information on file, etc. There needs to be mature, personal dynamics of not assuming about everyone else and sacrificing enough stagnancy to just walk through circumstances to the end, especially with the risk of worsening. I'm here when everyone's ready, best of luck.

-REBECCA PLATZ -JOHN DOUGLASS…read more-ASHLEE DEAN I've had a few encounters with officers from Cary and I don't usually have a pleasant experience but today has been the best. I came across 3 different officers who helped me and they were all awesome

I had the opportunity to be incarcerated at this facility in 2023 for 6mths. Although, the…read moresituation was horrific, the experience here was beyond pleasant. Staff members were unbelievably courteous and thoughtful. Operations ran smoothly and as it should. Two memorable members of their staff stood out especially in the best of ways and I will not soon forget their encouragement and the time they took out to have a normal conversation. Stg. Casey and C/O Gurley. The facility is clean, and the environment is very laid back. The energy in this place is very calm (until it's not). And the food is decent. Lol. These people should be the people who train employees of state prisons and jails around the USA! Jhirmick Cabbagestalk

Don't forget to say Police and Thank You when talking today's trigger happy cops. You know they've…read morealways been trigger happy, right? Always. It's just that YouTube and the like have made us more aware of it, and yes, it's getting worse. But anyway. My one and only experience with the Durham Police was a negative one. I got thrown out of a Harris Teeter just for using my computer in there, which I've done at a dozen other Harris Teeters (all of which right after shopping there, and totally legally). Some other people were not thrown out, and they were also hanging out and being loud in the same part of the store. It was quite surreal and bizarre and hardly ever happens to me. Naturally I gave the store and the security people a one-star. Then the cop they apparently called or alerted was in the parking lot watching me and looking me up on his computer and shining a light in my car window while I was looking up directions. I was one of 40 cars in the lot, but the only one that just got wrongly told to leave the store, and the only one with NY plates. I noticed that he was acting like he was going to follow me. Checked out my license plate and whatnot. I did absolutely nothing to warrant calling the police and I wanted to complain about the treatment they had afforded me, but he gave me seriously creepy vibe - like he was looking for a reason to bust me, and very bored - definitely not your friendly officer on the Block, so I just got the hell out of town, didn't notice him follow, and will be careful when coming back to Durham.

Don't expect Durham Police Department to help with cybercrimes. Wouldn't even call a bank in NY and…read morefollow up on a scam.

amazing people like Ms. Stephen found the video recording it is real true on the scammers…read more Not sure it is not letting upload the recorded ones it keeps telling this is not there oon Yelp Mobile app -this is not first time, not sure how to inform them, either Yelp notifications stops working or this kind of possibly lot of asian indians works in development just kidding anyhow if i get a chance i would like to spread so that we can avoid scammers in todays wolrd like they are not honest like few people are here too ..so watch out Great job on the recording. Hope it let me add video please

I've heard of Patient X, but I guess if you're dealing with apes, it'd be Ape X…read more I reached the Apex of my time in North Carolina when I was pulled over by these guys. I'm a little sick of being pulled over here in the USA because it almost never happens in England. This country is really messed up in the people living here don't even realize half of it because they haven't experienced things elsewhere. In any case they didn't give me a ticket and were friendly enough so I will give them a neutral 3-star rating for now.

Mr outlaw, Mr circoto and an other officer came to my house for a incident and took them less than…read morea minute to arrive and handle the situation very beautifully. If I could.. I would pay them money! Great job officers

Had what could've been a really bad experience. I'm from Florida and in town visiting when I got…read morestuck in a ditch waiting for AAA which was going to take a very long time. A big THANK YOU to Officer Chris Outlaw, who helped me get the car out. He was very nice and very professional. Wish the police officers in Miami were this helpful!

The drive with my new metal bracelets rocked. We compared stories about our lives. Although when I…read moreasked to ride shot gun he said I could drive " that was total bs, Once arriving I yelled " walking the green mile boss " a made everyone die laughing. They only had orange and white yet I requested blue cause it sets off my eyes an orange makes my ass look huge. Request a room with a hot tub. That never happened, Also no windows. all of us crammed in a room no checkers no twister mat nothing. The cuisine was something I wouldn't even feed prisoners. Everyone was real nice one guy even washed my back in the shower. great time in this marvelous gated community. Would recommend!

I dont know about the facility itself but as far as getting in touch with anyone on the phones and…read morethe operators, it is horrible and very unprofessional. They really need to invest in a better communication system and training for the staff

The incident happened in 2017. It was never followed up on as I was promised. When I reported what…read morehappened to me, I was told that there would be follow-up. After all, I was told he Joel Acciardo Chief of Police would want me to tell him exactly what I wanted from the officers and what happened to me. I complied. I was told that the Hope Mills Police Chief Joel Acciardo had a 0 tolerance for his officers abusing their authority. Guess that too was untrue. Hope Mills is not a big metropolitan county so if the incident and those officers who would do this are being paid by the citizens they can freely and blatantly misuse their authority then Hope Mills has a problem, a serious problem. BTW I am a Disabled American Veteran so this is double the disrespect and insult for my service to this country.

Wanna say that Im very pleased with the professionalism from Hope Mills Police Department. I got…read moreoffered an opportunity to go on a ride along with HMPD very own. Got an inside look on what few things out of lot of task they do to protect the citizens of Hope Mills. It is a fairly small department, but that doesn't mean that the corners are cut due to their size at all and thats what I liked. I like how safe the officer was. He was very informative on everything he did so that I could easily understand what was happening from neighborhood patrols to traffic stops. Like I said in the beginning I cant commend him and the rest of the officers on shift on how well they were Helpful, Respectful and Professional the whole time. Will defiantly be doing another ride along soon.