Garden Grove Police Dept.

Came to the police department so that my boyfriend can get his finger prints etc. our car had battery died and as we were waiting for AAA the police department chaplain came and gave us a hand. What a kind man! Everyone at the police department were so friendly and helpful.
For those giving this place 1 or 2 stars for silly reasons like police officers not stopping to chit chat shame on you! These officers work hard day n and day out.
Keep up the good work!

Thank you to the Garden Grove Police Officers who used their common sense in a few recent ‘keep the peace’ incidences’ that involved myself and my family. I’m generally not a fan of any PD; you 2 restored just a bit of that trust… thank you
Crazy has left the building and now, all is well.

I always see such bad comments for the GGPD but I’ve called twice for non-​emergency stuff crimes??? LOL and each time the call re-​director person is suuuuper nice super understanding and helpful thank you so much! I should’ve gotten their names but I forgot anyway keep up the amazing work!!! Thanks for being so nice c: and the officers that came by to assists were very nice and caring, and made sure I was okay and felt safe it was very nice I should’ve gotten his name but I forgot since it was so cold outside u. u

Long Story Short, My guy roommate punched me in the face. I called for 911 for help they ended up arresting me because it was a «he said, she said case!!» Are you kidding me?! Only way to prove i was telling the truth is if i had blood or bruises all over my body. I definitely feel safe now. Glad they can help.

Warning out there-​Do not rent to Carrie Becket, she skips out on rent, drinks a lot of alcohol, and behaves like a borderline bipolar.

This is for the case #150−74 648 doing a case review by Officer Morton. Coming from a family of justice, of United States military service. I have never dealt with an injustice traffic collision review. The officier failed to report the correct information pertaining a vehicle and motorized accident. Unfortunately we have our perceptions and bias against motorcycles and passing through, however this traffic case wasn’t the case. The motorcycle was behind the vehicles (not between cars as reported by Morton) and the vehicle that merged into the motorcycle failed to look both left and right as well as blind side before merging. That is the number one reason why vehicles are negligent to their responsibilities when operating vehicles bigger than motorcycle. A sufficient and correct report is effective in a court a law– however this report does no justice to what’s real. The issue is trying to explain the officer the story and having them misinterpret the situation then the officer uses their bias perception; placing motorcyclist at fault. Thumbs down.

I must say the handful of times I have dealt with them I have been disappointed with them. The first time I had my bicycle stolen it took them forever to come out. I just got a sorry I had to force the issue of getting a police report. Even though I knew who did it they wouldn’t talk to the kids parents. We had someone who lives here think it was their business to call & have cars towed. We had to go to the brick and mortar to release one vehicle and get a property release for the other. The cadet who helped us was slower than molasses in an ice storm. I thought it was her first day on the job but apparently after talking to her she had been there 3 years. We got the vehicle release & the property release for the other vehicle. We took our property release form to where our vehicle was Greater Southern California Towing. Greater Southern California Towing refused to let us get our property on 06/​08/​2015. We called the Santa Ana police to help after waiting over 2 hours for the police to show up they never did and they knew when they closed. The tow company had already been closed for 1 ¹⁄₂ hours. We had to call back & they said to try again on ⁰⁶⁄₀₉ /​2015. After taking more time off from work to get our property the tow company denied us yet again. We called the Garden Grove P. D stated our issue & stated how the property release was in no way conditional. We wanted our property not any part of the vehicle. We were politely told to piss off. The Garden Grove P. D is contracted with Greater Southern California Towing so it is a conflict of interest to enforce the law or their property releases with this company. The workers had already stolen our belongings which is why we couldn’t go back to the vehicle. Crooked cops working with & supporting a crooked business. Makes you wonder whose lining their pockets. There is no justice for the little guy anymore only if you’re crooked or your pockets are deep enough!

I have lived in west garden grove for over 26 years.
Every time an officer comes cruising down my street… I wave, my husband waves.
Never has one officer stopped.
It would be nice to know… His name… you would think he would like to know us.
This end of garden grove is like «may berry land»!
Nothing happens here.
However, I really want to know my police officers are.
Is it so hard for them to say hello and introduce them selves?
It is hard to trust any person in a uniform lately.
Please help us out
We want to know… Our officers. we want to see their faces!
Thank you very much

My $ 1500 blue Marin East Pike dual-​suspension bicycle was missing from the backyard of my now ex-friend’s fenced-​in backyard with security cameras in the Fletcher Drive neighborhood.
The bike was never ridden after moving to California!
I called the non-​emergency number for the Garden Grove police department to report my stolen bike. They said that they would be on their way.
After I finished the call, the brother of the friend reacted harshly, screaming and cussing at me. At that point, I knew who were involved. Of course, blood is thicker than water, so my ex-​friend had to be part of the bike theft as well.
When the police officer arrived, he could not do anything at the point, but to advise me to lock it up. There wasn’t anything to lock it up as there was no tree or anything solid in the backyard!
I had to make the trip to the police department to file the report.
I did search online on Craigslist as well as ebay. My ex-​friend created an ad site, similar to Craigslist, for the Vietnamese community. I was not able to find it on the site neither.
To this day, my bike has never been recovered. It was a 2005 model with less than 30 miles on the clock!
At least, I didn’t have to worry about getting hit by cars riding a bike in Southern California!

Thank you for those two police officers tonight for assisting me to retrieve my purse, wallet and phone after tracking the person down using the find my iPhone app.

I Feel Like Garden Grove PD Regularly Gets A Bad Rep.
About A Month Ago, I Was In a 3Car Collision and The Police Just Happened To Already Be Driving In Our Direction.
I Wish I Could Remember The Names Of The Officers That Helped my Boyfriend and I, But They were Funny, Courteous and Patient.
They Were Both Younger About my Age or So, And Even Called AAA For Me, So I Didn’t Have To Try To Explain The Accident, As Much as I was Shaking. They Sat With Us Until The Tow Truck Came and even Followed Part Way To Make Sure We Were Okay.

I would give no stars to this police department if I could. I just had a road rage incident. I was trying to avoid his hostile driving and he proceeded to tail gate me and threw something at my car. I got a picture and license of the man’s car and a picture of the damage to my car (which was minor) I called Anaheim PD first thinking they would handle the situation and it turned out the area was not their jurisdiction, I have to commend ANAHEIM PD dispatcher which had amazing customer service and was so polite and understanding to the situation. Wish it was their jurisdiction since the Anaheim PD said they would handle it as vandalism and take a report.
As for Garden Grove PD dispatcher was of no help, rude and told me that since the incident happened 30 minutes before I contacted them then they could send officers out, I told the guy «I was on the phone with that Anaheim PD the last 30 minutes and then when I told them it was going East bound on Katella it was GGPD I would need to contact» he proceeded to act as if my issue was no big deal and I told him what if it was someone in your family? He didn’t care. Whatever I guess I’ll have to go see if I can speak to someone higher up and I guess this road rage guy will continue to really cause some damage to other people one day and then GGPD will be taking care of something more drastic with him. Oh I am so grateful for not living in Garden Grove.
Again I would like to say GARDEN GROVE PD DISPATCHER DANNY HAD HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
**hope their PR department sees this rating and talks with him**
BUT ANAHEIM PD DISPATCHER HAD AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE.

If I could give no stars I would. Unfortunately, Unilocal does not allow me to do so. I felt like this police department, now I am pointing fingers at certain officers, not all. Let it be known that I do appreciate officers who actually give public protection but despises those that abuses power. There were a group of police officers here… that made me feel completely violated and unprotected. At the annual TET festival two years ago, I worked there along with my friend. Her mom had heart disease and had to have a valve inserted. She recently had surgery and wanted to take her mom out to cheer her up. Since she was so weak, we had to drop them off. They set their foot down ON THE CURB, NOT EVEN ON THE street and the police officer stopped them. He yelled at them and gave them a ticket for stopping on the street. She fought back and he told her and her sick mom to never come back as if he owned the festival. He used very violent racist words. OUR PEOPLE HIRED YOU. KEEP THAT IN MIND AND OUR TAXES PAY YOUR SALARY. I was extremely disappointed by the abuse of power and the type of «service» they provide. They should not have spoken to her family in that manner – it was unprofessional and inhumane. Furthermore, when I walked out of the festival at night after changing into my traditional wear, a group of officers shined a light at my butt, holding it steady until their flashlight could not reach anymore as I walked away hastily. That was unacceptable and made me feel more violated than protected. I hope that someone of higher power with better morals put these actions in check.

As a newly Garden Grove resident, I have to admit the GG police are quick to respond to a non emergency situation. Makes me feel safe.
I live in a semi safe condo complex and a gated one. Except its borderline Santa Ana (sorry, to be judgmental) but there are quite some odd characters here. On a Saturday morning, after 7:30 am… an odd character (bald head/​heavy set/​baggy white T-​shirt/​tan pant/​tennis shoe) was banging at the pool restroom. He was yelling at someone to come out or something. He started to punch the side of the bathroom wall/​then bang his head against it.
Kind of freak me out. After a couple minutes, the odd guy saw me and slowly left the pool area.
I called the GG police directly, thinking he might still linger around the complex.
A young police man (cute looking/​just being honest), was there in less than 10 mins and he was patrolling the pool area. Made me feel at ease, knowing if it’s a worst case scenario then this one… they will be there for me. Kudos, GG police Dept.

While riding my bicycle on Gilbert to work yesterday, I met officers Morton and Holloway. It had occurred to me that they were the ones helping to ensure my safety on Gilbert off Garden Grove Blvd. The road is narrow and speeders are always a danger to me there. I stopped and let them know that I appreciated their thankless jobs. Just last week, I was nearly mowed down by a speeder there and I believe that they got him. Thanks guys!!!

The Garden Grove police are one of the worst police i have had to deal with they are Bullies mainly officer Morton and officer Holloway. By the way if you live in g.g.there is a speed trap on Gilbert between ggblvd and Lampson. Next time you get pulled over by these thugs make sure you bow down to them because they are the Kings of Garden Grove CA.

I contacted the Garden Grove PD when I had a traffic collision. A Latino driver bumped my car from behind. The Latino driver refused to exchange personal information when I asked of him so I called 911. When the policeman came, it was a motorcycle Latino policeman. The Latino policeman spoke to the Latino driver first in Spanish, then he spoke to me. The Latino policeman listened to me half-​hardheartedly and then he started to say to me in this accusing tone and told me that he thought that it was my fault that the accident happened. I laughed at him and I asked him how he concluded that it was my fault that I got hit from behind. He said he assumed that it was my fault from what he heard from the other driver, pointed down the street to try explain his assumption.
I was not well-​dressed that day so I guess the Latino policeman judged the way I looked and thought I was ignorant, stupid or something. I told the policeman to do his job of writing down the incident report. I also informed him of my job and what I do for a living. He appeared to be concerned after I told him about my job. I guess he thought he could side up with his Latino/​Hispanic citizen, to help out his fellowman. I made sure I got his name, his information to file a discrimination complaint later on.
Afterward, I contacted the Garden Grove PD, asked for his supervisor’s name, information on how to file a discrimination complaint etc. I was told by the person who answered the phone that the Latino motorcycle policeman did not write anything biased on the police report, and that everything was written in neutral tone. I guess he was afraid that I would do something after learning of my profession so he did not put in the report that he thought it was my fault, even though he verbally said that to me.
And of course, I won the case against the other driver, I was clearly not at fault. There was no way the other driver could make up anything to say against me, not even a biased police report could help the other driver. My insurance company said they did not even need to read the police report.
But I was extremely disappointed from my encounter with Garden Grove DP. Working in a professional career myself, I did not expect to encounter this kind of racist, discriminated treatment from Garden Grove PD, especially when I needed the help, which was a fair police incident report. Race must not be a matter when dealing with citizens. It is the law. If a policeman treats citizens of his own race better than other race, than there is a serious issue with racial discrimination at Garden Grove Police Department that must be dealt with.

Why do you ask am I writing a review for GG PD? Well I got arrested one Saturday night for domestic violence by taking a broom and taking a couple of wacks to my spouses head. For those that believe me and have been hanging on every word, SHAME on you, I would never hit my spouse with a Broom.
No really, I came here to file a fraud report. Yes, I am a victim of fraud abuse and with this I don’t joke. It’s happened to me twice now and they just seem to REALLY love me money. Anyway, in order to clear my name and not be liable for $ 1000 worth of ipad purchases and such, I needed a case# to give to corresponding companies. If anyone’s had to deal with fraud, I’m sorry and I feel you because I know how such a ***** Pain it is. To make a long story short, I’ve basically had to call the 3 credit bereaus and send them letters of innocence and call the companies who have been duped that they’ve got the wrong gal. Many phone calls and headaches ensue, time wasted, and money spent to hopefully prove your innocence.
So I came on a Thursday afternoon and there was a line, but the police did their best to get people in and out. My case took about 3 hours =(While taking my statement, the lady that was helping me claims that there were to many distractions going on. There were phone calls she kept answering, there were other people’s conversation she kept interrupting and trying to help, she kept looking at the door when people came in, she stopped our work in order to get people in and out, PLUS she disappeared in the back for awhile and came back with a water bottle in her hand standing there sipping it all slowly like there’s no tomorrow. Come on people! I have only been there for about 2 hrs, might as well make it 3. Anyway, she did apologize and wanted to get me something for my patience, Me:” No ma’am you helping me is good enough“
Tips: Avoid the African american lady cop if you want to get out quick.

I called the police regarding my stolen Harley Davidson being hidden in a foreclosed home in Garden Grove. Garden grove police showed up, had the past homeowner come out… the guy Kenneth McCormick made up some fabricated lie but had absolutely no proof of anything… not even a job.
Come to find out from HBPD Detectives everything in the garage was stolen including a custom C Class mercedes, electronics, and the idiot police officer # 1796 Coultier gave the theif everything including my 28k bike… thats right and the next day… the con man was gone and so was all the stolen stuff in the garage. go freaking figure GG.
Their are multiple cases at the Auto Task force District attorney’s desk with Renee Jones, but garden grove’s police muddied it up so bad with the incorrect reporting…
lets see…
theif was 25k in back child support. Ken McCormick has no job
Private investigator found insurance fraud multiple times on the guy.
had a past arrest record as a felon including grand theft auto, dmv fraud, no registration, no insurance, driving under suspended, giving false info., perjury, unlawful taking of vehicle, receiving stolen property, knowlingly altering, buying and selling defaced or altered property, lying to officer multiple times, even noted in report, etc.
then the officer # 1796 jerry Coltier gets in my face and tells me I should be ashamed to call myself a christian. What for calling in a crime and telling the truth. you see I volunteer more hours in one week than most do in their entire lives. I have a fico score of over 850 and no criminal record, not even a ticket in over 26 years…
go figure you screwed up police force… to serve and protect my ass.
How funny nobody will return my calls or emails and commanding watch commander… Boguie ah. everything should have been confinscated and we are not sure why they did not run kens info… probably because the jackass lied all the way to the bank… how embarrassing GGPD…
NEVER CALL GGPD… There officers are dihonest and one sided.
I have proof of that because I had all my paperwork «TITLE» etc in my hands and they would not allow me to say a word except «say anything and you will go to jail»…

I feel kind of weird for writing a review on the police dept. However, I did recently write a complaint to the city of Garden Grove about the police department.
To summarize a long story short, I went to the police station at midnight looking to file a police report and talked to the operator. She said she was going to send a squad car to take my report. Took the police about 30 – 45 minutes to assist me, while I was waiting right in the front!
I saw a bunch of police cars drive past me, not asking me if I needed help or anything! However, an officer did walk someone out and saw me. He asked if I needed help and I said yeah, I told him that the operator was sending an officer to help me and he said okay then walked back inside. WTF?!?
I am really disappointed… and scared to rely on the police for protection now…