Culver City Police Department

I’m sending a special shout out to Culver City PD. They are simply the best community officers any neighborhood could have, and they make me proud to be a CC resident.
Our Culver City officers are always kind, caring, helpful, and protective, and they’re always there for me when I need them. I feel safe whenever they are around. I only wish there were more events where residents could come out and get to know them better.
Thanks CCPD for all that you do!!!

I came here to do a live scan, since I picked up a new client in Beverly Hills and they want me to do a thorough background check. As I drove here, I noticed that the station was located not too far from the Baldwin Hills scenic overlook, so it was already becoming a good experience because I was able to get a quick workout after being done at the station.
Parking was no hassle, they have spots in green with a 30 minute limit, and only for police business. I walked inside and showed the desk officer the live scan sheet. I presented my ID and credit card, and waited less than 5 minutes for one of the officers to take my fingerprints. The whole process took less than 15 minutes, and I was out the door.
I’m very glad they take credit as payment, I just wish the DMV did the same. The officers here were very efficient in the whole process. They presented themselves professionally and had no bad attitude.

which two officers were driving in suv vehicle number 1996 today at 1245 pm on Sepulveda and venice area these two officer should be fired asap and I will find out their names and file a complaint with THE la district attorney and US JUSTICE DEPT I USE TO WORK IN DC
these two officers passenger seat white shirt red hair glasses smirking at me like this was funny
driver taller wht spiky hair scared face
what a disgrace to culver city these are
these 2 lawbreaking harrasers corrupt law abusing power abusing officers
I was on as long bike from my girls to home
and I was riding in the street but pulled over to the sidewalk to make a phone call and text someone
no one is around me theres no reason or probable cuase to even speak to me
all of a sudden I hear what r u doing here and I look up and see suv vehicle 1996
these two officers if u can call them that, break a law right in front of me
they sitting in the middle of the road harassing me from #1996 suv vehicle
not even pulled over to the side, creating a traffic accident and basically risking my life by me being in the range of an accident they could have created, I m talking to a lawyer now
then the driver guy says u cant ride on the sidewalk well I was not moving or riding I was sitting still texting on my phone, so what was ur prob cause to stop me, none
lawsuit time, just need those officers names asap !
just like dkh says In his review to the right, the next thing I hear is have u ever been arrested before, when I said nope they ride away finally
off to illegally harass someone else
wait till u see a crime to do anything so u wont get sued anymore
gotta go email the justice dept

Officer D. Hernandez is rude, racist, and incompetent. watch out for him!

Stopped in to use the ATM today. Easy 30 min parking out front and very nice officers working here. The front desk officer was very patient (Asian man), understanding and compassionate with people. Usually, most other stations, they have attitudes and are pissed off to work the desk job. It was refreshing to see someone with some human compassion with a badge. The facility is very nice and clean too.

If I could give this police department –1 million stars I would. I’ve heard of local government attempting to balance their budgets by using traffic tickets as a revenue raising device, but this is ridiculous.
Culver City is one of the few cities in LA County which still uses the red light cameras (LA city the largest in the county got rid of their system years ago due to complaints about erroneous tickets being issued) at intersections.
I was headed to work at 6:30am and the red light camera on Jefferson and Cota, at the entrance to the Target on Jefferson went off as I crossed the intersection. I thought it was strange given that it was very early (did I say it was 6:30am) and that the light was green when I crossed the intersection, but I continued on my way to work.
This is my normal commute to work from the Wilshire Vista area (La Cienega to Jefferson to Marina del Rey), so I know the cameras and the routes well enough to not speed, or risk getting a ticket.
Fast forward to two weeks later and guess what comes in the mail, a notice of traffic violation courtesy of the Culver City Police Department’s Automated Traffic Enforcement.
I am so furious because here are my options
1) Pay $ 312 to go to traffic school to keep my driving record clear
2) Pay $ 238 for the ticket and get 1 driving point on my driving record which will increase my auto insurance
3) Pay $ 238 bail, request a court date to fight the ticket, hope I win and wait months to get my $ 238 refunded
How are any of these options good when I did nothing wrong other than drive through Culver City on my way to work?
If I request a court date, is Culver City going to reimburse me for the cost of missing work since I have no paid time off as a temporary employee?
It is absolutely unconscionable that these tickets are issued without some sort of human review/​intervention prior to mailing them because now the burden is on the innocent party to pay all of the up front costs until Culver City Police is proven wrong in court.
I am so furious that once I get my day in court and am proven not guilty, I am going to write a letter to Culver City manager to let them know that I will no longer be doing business in a city that holds your driving record hostage and expects you to pay ransome in the bail amount to keep your record clear and your auto insurance costs low.
What a bunch of crooks.

This is the place for fingerprints!
I came here to get my fingerprints done for work since the place I normally go to kept failing the fingerprint check with another state. I was given a statement saying that the ink print was smeared, blotchy, and uneven. It was this only state that kept rejecting my prints. I guess they were picky. I figured my fingerprints should pass if I went to a police dept since it has to be submitted to a police department of the state I was submitting to.
Upon pulling up to the station, there was only street parking for 30 minutes. I had a feeling it would take longer, so I parked a little farther into the neighborhood. I was right. Good thing I did because it took over an hour to be called up. As I waited, I saw the cop deny some people who came in during the hours of operation for fingerprints. That was lame. For those of you who need to get your fingerprints done, suggestion to you is to come early.
Finally, it was my turn. I gave the guy doing the fingerprints all my documentation and he got to rolling my fingers in ink and pressing. Just by how he was doing it, I was amazed. I realized that the guy I had been going to previously sucked so badly. This guy’s ink prints were so neat and even, no wonder my previous ink prints got rejected lol. He even said there’s no way it will fail this time; I agreed. If the wait time wasn’t as long, I’d come to this place for all my future fingerprints. The service was good, the price was reasonable, but the wait could be long.

My review has been retracted, and my rating of 1 star has been amended to
3. I did this on my own, without any persuasion. Everybody deserves 2^nd chances.

I’m a Culver City local. Once every 2 months or so I seem to get pulled over on Sepulveda by this Department. Usually it starts with «Have I ever been arrested before? Am I on probation or parole? Where am I going» sounds fimiliar?
History teaches us this is the beginning of «Halt! Passport». Still not registering… Tan Shirt Nazis. I’ve had my rights violated more than once by this Department for no reason of pulling me over. I often get we are being «Proactive» as a response to why are you harassing me.
I understand the Cops deal with a lot of crap, but they should know the difference between working class and criminal class. Seems like their job in CCPD is to make criminals and not catch them.
A little advised to other people, take Sawtelle as a cut threw or stay on the 405 if you don’t want to feel like your going threw a check point outside Baghdad.

Side street near Trader Joe’s, 1pm May 9^th, motorcycle CCP gave me jaywalking ticket. Warning definitely would have sufficed. I am 68 yrs old, and this was a first. Evidently, he was parked nearby waiting for pedestrians to cross where I did. Law is good, safety is the highest priority. I see this ticket as unnecessary scalping, just to fill the city coffers. Surely, there are more important tasks for cops to tend to?

Got a citation for a broken brake light and was really stressed out about having to appear in court. The superior courts are only open M-​F during the hours that I work. I just started my job so there was no way I could ask for time off! Did a lot of research and found out I could mail my citation in along with proof that I got my brake light replaced and have an approved inspection site sign off on it. So, I came here on a Sunday. When the officer saw that the citation was for a brake light, he looked a little surprised and then said, «oh, it wasn’t us (CCPD), It was LAPD.» As in, WE would’ve just given you a warning. LoL. The nice officer inspected my receipt from an auto shop, took a look at my brake light, and sent me on my merry way. He said that normally they charge a $ 10 inspection fee, but he waived it for me this time. Hopefully, there is no next time!
This is a huge weight off my shoulders! Now all I have to do is mail the papers in. Such a nice way to start a Sunday morning!

Like any PD there are good officers and sociopaths who made it past the vetting process. I have good stories and bad stories, they are no different from any PD. It is a very hard job, they mostly do it well. Some of the proven downsides to being a cop are substantiated 5 year shorter life span and poor results in personal relaionships and marriage. So if you get stopped by a cop with an attitude try and take it in stride. And don’t forget many die during «routine» traffic stops.

I’ve dealt with the CCPD a couple of times and I’ve always found them to be professional, courteous and, most importantly, quick on the response time!

For some reason I am unable to rate the CCPD, but overall I’d give them a 2 out of 5 because I know that if I’m in serious trouble, they will probably be there to assist. But, I see too many of these KIDS (I’m 46) racing around town doing 55 mph in 35 mph zones, just for kicks. And no, there not on a call. At least 3 times I’ve eventually caught up to them at red lights.

I moved to Culver City in January of this year. Even though I just paid nearly $ 400 in parking tickets I have to say I have had some good experiences so far with the Culver City Police.
Mother’s Day morning I woke up to my landlord knocking on my door to tell me the Police wanted to see me. What! I jumped up ran out front. I had parked my car partially blocking a neighbors driveway. OOoops. Some how with my temp tags they were able to locate my residence and find me. They said they didn’t want to have to tow me and give me a $ 60 ticket. As a new Los Angelino I couldn’t afford another ticket.
Today I locked my keys in my car just before street sweeping. I called the police. I left a message, which they returned. Officer Hattrup was so nice. She let the parking department know of my situation and gave me here number to call if I got a ticket. She said she didn’t want me to have to pay for a ticket in this kind of situation.
Lastly — I moved to LA from Ohio and I feel safer in Culver City than anywhere I have lived in Ohio.
Thanks CCPD!

in response to Laura D. and Jaysen P.:
You both have some valid points. response time: great. crime rate: lower crime rates than the surrounding areas.
also a lot of people don’t know shit about the law or protocol.
however, there is no excuse for the conduct of some of the officers in this department.
people who LIVE HERE might understand a bit better than most when i say that SOME (not all) of these guys have a penchant for aggressive, hostile behavior.
two nights ago, i had an Ofcr Fairbanks (Badge #123) try to detain me (directly outside my job at Famima Culver Center, no less) merely for wanting to know why i was being questioned. i didn’t refuse to answer his questions, and i wasn’t beligerent or rude. then when i looked at his and his partners’ name tag to find out who (I felt) was harassing me, Fairbanks said, verbatim, «Fuck it, you wanna know who we are? We’re going to find out who you are!», whilst binding my arms behind my back.
I understand that they wade in human scum for 16 hours a day. is that any excuse for this overly hostile behavior? if you’re leaving the place you work, and 2 officers begin to question you, unprovoked, wouldn’t you like to know #1:why? and #2:who?. apparently these types of questions are the WRONG types of questions to ask Ofcr Fairbanks.
i appreciate any responses/​rebuttals to this review, especially from Laura and Jaysen, whom have obviously never seen the ugly side of Culver City cops.
to Tom M.: they love, LOVE stopping people for no (public safety) reason and asking those types of questions. has happened to me numerous times (couple times at my job, at my girlfriends job where i would help out occasionally, in the arts district, downtown CC a few times). all it takes to get their attention is minding your own business. if you’re a resident or work in Culver and you don’t piss them off they’ll send you on your way rather quickly without incident. otherwise, you’re in for a whole fuckload of questions and a maybe a quasi-​illegal search.

While a guest at the Astro Motel located on Sepulveda blvd. Culver City PD entered the parking lot and profiled me two separate times, the 1^st time officers accused me of stealing my own car, i offered to show them proof of ownership but they took all contents out of my pockets and through them on the ground, then body searched me before one of the officers entered the room without a search warrant i was a guest in to retrieve my vehicle title, later i met with the police sargent to file a complaint that stays on the officers record five years, the sargent told me i fit the profile of someone who could be comiting a crime, the second time officers did the same thing, 1^st they parked down the street and watched me walk back from 7 eleven with an ice tea then quickly entered the motel parking lot searching me again as before and told me they have alot of problems with drug dealers in the area, then i did a follow up interview with a different sargent who asked me what do you hope to acomplish by all this, when do you think you will be leaving here, officers clearly acted outside of acceptable guidlines for proper police conduct, later i received an apology letter from the police captain, many other guests have been treated the same as myself, what we can do as law abiding citizens is keep turning in complaints, this does affect the officers future with the department and future in law enforcement, no one is above the law … If you are injured by these officers hire an attorney…

I was recently pulled over by Culver City police because of a supposedly «intermittently flickering brake light». I had committed no traffic offense. I was then asked why I was there, where I was going and what I do for a living. Very strange questions to be asking. Bored? Doing a little fishing? After answering their questions they informed me that strangely enough my brake light seemed to be working fine after all. They were obviously playing games. These people should be ashamed of themselves. Needless to say I will be avoiding Culver City and certainly won’t be spending any money there anytime soon…

I just had a horrendous experience with an Officer of the CC Police Department.
On the morning of November 3^rd, in the area of 12:30 am (I didn’t get back into my house until 1:15 am), I was returning home from a orchestral rehearsal in the Valley, exited the Venice exit, turned left on Sawtelle, right on Washington Place then right on Marcasel heading to my home on a cul-​de-​sac of six homes on the east side of Marcasel.
I stopped at the gate, got the clicker, pressed the button to open the slow moving gate, and only when the gate was halfway open did the CC Officer, pull up behind me with the lights on. There was no way he was anywhere close to me on Washington Place, or else I would not have had the time to get the clicker, press the button and open the gate.
I was blocking the entryway to the cul-​de-​sac and he was blocking more if it. Since my Garage was no more than the distance of one house away, feet from the gate, and did not want to block any other neighbors from getting home if they came., I waved the officer in, pulled into my garage, exited the car and walked out to meet the officer asking him «what’s going on.»
He had no interest in talking, his conversation was «get out here». I continued to walk out, he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me toward the front of his cruiser. I asked him what the hell he was doing grabbing me, and what are you doing this for, and why did you stop me and (frankly) are you insane?
He would not engage in any kind of conversation. He pushed me against his car and I said «What the hell are you doing?!» Instead of engaging in ANY logical conversation or answer ANY questions, he CALLED FOR BACKUP!
He would not even tell me why they hell he was there. He only said «stop talking» and would answer nothing. He cuffed me and shoved me to the curb. Only then did he tell me I was «straddling the lines, and speeding». For THIS he grabs me, handcuffs me and shoves me to the curb?
I said if that’s the case how does that excuse what he’s pulling now! No answers, he left me sitting on the curb outside my house, inside my cul-​de-​sac until three more police cars showed up. They also would say nothing, telling me I had to talk to the Sergeant.
The Sergeant showed up and I could finally get a word out.
He told me the Officer didn’t know if I was going to run, and that’s why he might have handcuffed me, he also insisted that the officer had tried to pull me over and I didn’t stop.
I was already at the entrance of my cul-​de-​sac when the Officer pulled up! He didn’t pull up until I’d already been sitting at the gate, so he couldn’t have been anywhere near me on Washington Place. If was trying to «run» Why the hell would I pull into a closed CULDESAC, pull into my garage and NOT close the door, NOT run into the house, but come out to meet him? It’s was idiocy. There’s far more to this story, but you get the idea.
I will be filing charges against this officer. His conduct and actions toward me were totally inexcusable. It was not surprising that I didn’t have anything to do with him again after the Sergeant arrived, a 3^rd officer gave me the citation. If the initial Officer thought he’d not done anything wrong why did he have another officer bring me the citation? I contend he knew, and so did his colleagues.
Watch out for these folks. At the age of 50, I’d never, ever had anyone handcuff me, not even for entertainment purposes. I’m not sure what made this officer have the need to engage in a power trip, but I’ll be seeing him in court.

I think the police department is great. BUT
yesterday I was in a car accident. (I was hit by someone on the there phone).
What is it that almost every cop feels the need to be rude, I felt like this man only let me speak when spoken to, and didn’t want to be bothered with me.
The way I was treated upset me as much as the accedent.

«No lights /​no sirens: public hazard» should be their motto. Law, protocol, procedure ALL indicate when you’re running a red light you should have lights and/​or sirens on. CCPD ignores all of it.
It happened again tonight. I was about to drive across Venice Blvd (at Robertson), when out of the corner of my eye I see a Police Car flying up Venice toward me. «How much you wanna bet that’s a Culver cruiser?» I remember thinking, and sure enough — with a couple token honks, it waltzed its way right through the intersection with nary a care for anyone around them.