San Bruno

Hypocrisy at its finest. Cop pulls me over because I pushed the end call button. Same cop just blew a stop sign while texting at the corner of Santa Lucia and cypress.

I had my car broken into at Red Lobster in San Bruno, broad daylight, less than 2 blocks from the station. The thieves stole over $ 50k in camera gear and this information was relayed to the dispatcher. The officers arrived over 2 hours later and did NO investigation.
One month later, I used
to locate one of my camera bodies. I called my assigned detective three times, each time leaving a message with all of the details. I NEVER EVEN RECEIVED A CALL BACK!
The only reason they even got one star is because I couldn’t leave zero.

I live in the Avalon apartments right across from the Mormon church. I have to call the police department several times a week about noise after 10pm coming from the church. Sometimes they’ll go over and tell them to be quiet and sometimes not. Why doesn’t the church get fined or something? I know I’m not the only one who calls during the week about this situation. This is unacceptable.

Two things about this review. I never thought I would Unilocal about the police and I never thought my car would get stolen.
There’s nothing like the disbelief of walking out of Lucky Food Store in San Bruno pushing a full basket of groceries to discover your Honda Accord was stolen while you were inside. It was my daily beater to drive back and forth work, nothing special, a 1990 Honda Accord for crying out loud, albeit in immaculate shape and still looked like it was new, it was 22 years old with over a 100K miles! Who in the hell rips off a 22 year old four door «has been» soccer mom rice burner sedan??? WTF?
Pissed off didn’t even begin to describe my feelings when I realized it was in fact gone. In my mind I thought maybe I had been towed or something and after being assured by everyone in a manager’s uniform that they didn’t tow my car I called the police.
Literally two minutes after I called a familiar Black and White pulls up.
The cop gets out and says «Honda, Acura or Beemer», I said Honda and he then explained to me that most Hondas can be opened and started with any Honda key by simply wiggling them in the locks. He also accurately deduced I didn’t have a club style steering wheel lock. I was starting to feel like a dumbass for a couple of reasons. One for not having a club and two for driving a friggin Honda.
The reason for this review was just how cool this cop was. After taking the report, I pushed my basket of groceries back inside and the manager said they would keep it safe till I got back. Seeing me walking across the parking lot heading home to get my other car he pulled up and asked me if I need a ride to my house in San Bruno. Along the way he said «Don’t worry, it’ll turn up abandoned somewhere or we’ll pull them over. Honda thieves can’t drive for shit and tend to freak out when the police get anywhere near them».
I just thought he was trying to make feel better and said «Thanks» when I got out. Personally I never thought I would see the car again. It wasn’t a major loss. Grand worth was about $ 2K I guess. No biggie in the overall scheme of life.
Fast forward to 1:30 am that night, phone rings and the San Bruno Police is on the line «We have your car pulled over here in Tanforan, this guy claims you loaned your car to him» After establishing that I didn’t know this guy, he said «If you want to come get it, I can hold it till you get here» (different cop). I explained it would take me about 15 – 20 minutes and they said «no problem».
When I asked them how they found it, I just had to smile when the police officer said, «this guy saw me coming and made a hard right from the far left lane with no signal on Sneath running a red, so I stopped him». Apparently the officer from earlier was dead on the money when he said Honda thieves are bad drivers and freak out when they see the police.
FYI, I did try the key wiggle maneuver after I got it back and sure as hell, no matter what Honda key I used, I could «wiggle open and start it». Needless to say, I have a Club now LOL.
Thanks San Bruno PD for all the help.