Lafayette Police Dept

The cops I’ve dealt with in Lafayette are assholes. Very harassing. Pulled me over saying he «paced» me at 50 in a 35 zone. He wasn’t ever going the same speed as me! He came flying up doing 60 plus and put his lights on immediately. I was doing 40. This has happened twice. Lafayette PD can suck a dick. They definitely think the badge gives them special privilege. Might as well be mall cops.

Lafayette law enforcement is a collection of grossly unprofessional, incompetent, self-​righteous officers, actively training a younger class of police to exhibit the same unacceptable behavior.
[I will update with badge numbers as soon as I can track down the information.]
I moved out here from Minneapolis, after my girlfriend’s 24 year old sister passed away a year ago this week. Unfortunately, the tragedy has spurred the parents, a dentist and a child psychologist, into increasingly greater levels of emotional and physical abuse toward both me (24 year old, independent, professional, working hard to build a life in the Bay) and their daughter (27 year old, dependent, struggling with the death of her sister).
One of the abuse tactics particularly favored by the parents is the threat of homelessness to their daughter, while hurling a slew of unprovoked and demeaning pejoratives, as the dentist father «restrains» the daughter to avoid «domestic violence» by dragging her to the ground, from her bed, and digging a knee into the small of her back. Meanwhile, mom phones the police, feigning shock and terror, to request backup for the «mentally ill and violent» daughter.
I’ve now witnessed and tried to mediate this routine on 4 – 5 separate occasions. Nearly every time the police arrive, they posture annoyance and not once have they sought deeper understanding into this horribly destructive environment. They handcuff the daughter and wave threats of arrest, although they never follow through, preferring a ⁵¹⁄₅₀. They spend 20 min subjecting me to verbal and emotional abuse, saying things like, «No one wants you here, you lowlife, piece of sh**», «Relationships like this never last, why are you dating this girl?», «You think these folk [the parents] should put up with you? Get a job! [I have a job]», etc.
On one occasion, as they began to process the daughter for a wholly fictitious «domestic assault», I was told by one rare and upstanding younger officer that they aren’t able to kick me out, but it’d be best if I left for awhile. As I readied to comply, Mr. Veteran Cop arrived, initiated his ritual of abuse, asked the father, «Has he threatened you? It sounds like he’s threatening you», laughed as the father replied, «Yeah, as a matter of fact, he has threatened me!», forcing me to stand shoeless in the rain and to abandon my work computer. It was at this point that Veteran Cop realized they were processing for assault, and that there would be follow-​up and a record, and exclaimed, «Oh sh*t, are you kidding me? Why did I even head out here. G*d d**n it.» He dismissed the younger officer, saying, «I’ll take her in.» Then negotiated yet another ⁵¹⁄₅₀ with the parents.
Where is the oversight? It’d be great to see some productive problem solving, or a general sense of humanity on behalf of our peace guardians. I, for one, am tired of being called worthless scum by the people dedicated to protect the weak and vulnerable.
Alas, it happened again today, and the parents are validated one more time. I even overheard one cop comment, «This guy [the dentist father] can’t control himself. I’ve told him to stay inside three times.» When my girlfriend asked, «They can’t just lock me out at 7a, can they? Am I doing anything illegal?» The cop stood silent for a few seconds and replied, «You know what? You wanna go to the hospital?»

Something happened in our neighborhood yesterday that has me beaming with pride at our local police. Our neighbors house was broken into at around 1:45 pm while she was in the shower. She heard noises and figured out it was a break-​in and called 911. The operator told her «Police are already there.» We live on a main street in Lafayette and an officer was driving by and noticed something amiss at her residence. I’m not sure whether it was the strange car parked at a weird angle in her driveway, or four people who looked out of place or what. Whatever it was, he noticed and stopped.
We were coming home from lunch and traffic was stopped in front of her entrance. We noted several Lafayette police cars as well as Moraga, Orinda, and BART cars. There was also an unmarked car with its lights on (I won’t give away the make and model) and for reasons we can’t understand, the Orinda Taxicab.
We joked that it took the BART police to come to scare the four invaders into giving up (all were caught and arrested), but we are truly proud to have whoever the officer was who was paying attention looking out for all of us. Further, the police chief came and spoke with our neighbor and gently counseled her about how she would feel later and what she would likely go through after having her home invaded. She said it meant a heck of a lot to her that he cared enough to do that and felt that at least she was as safe as she could be knowing she lived in a town in which the police pay attention and have our safety in mind.
Thank you Lafayette PD!

Tell these cops to do their job. I just got scammed by 2 people rolling around in a new Nissan Versa hybrid. No license plates. They claimed to fix the rust on my car. They put wax/​putty all over, told me to remove it in 1 hour. Then I did and the rust is still there. WATCH OUT FOR THESE 2 people, their names are Sammy and Sonny. They have LEGIT signage that say Bumper Medics. They even have this phone number on their car: 415−574−1242.

I was hit by a car this morning while I was walking across the street with a hot and delicious Café Mocha. I had pressed the walk signal button, the walk light had turned white, I had looked both ways… and 3 steps into the crosswalk I was on the hood of someone’s car!
sadly, the mocha was a total loss.
I was ok, though a bit shaken and bruised.
several people stopped as witnesses, called 911 and within 3 minutes of being hit… there were 3 cop cars and a sheriff’s dept car onsite.
All of the police were polite, efficient and sympathetic to the driver and myself… they waited with me while the paramedics were on their way and did a great job of taking care of the situation without completely fucking up the morning commute for everyone.
they even measured the distance my coffee was thrown from the point of impact (30ft).
I was actually stunned by how pleasant the entire experience was (excluding being hit and rolling off the hood of a moving car)
hooray lafayette police!