Taraval Police Station

Went in to file a report and was immediately impressed by the professionalism and honesty shown by Ofc. Pineda. He took the time to talk to me, fill me in on the neighborhood and things to be mindful of. He even recommended some great places to eat!
I hope to run into him soon around town. True community policing at it’s finest!

Police are never there when someone is jacking you but they are there to give traffic tickets. I was wrongly given a ticket by D. Wong, Star #1917 Issuing unit 3J16A. Rude and didnt give me a chance to explain. They made me go downtown 3 days just to fight this joke of a system. Me: «I didnt run it». Police officer: «yes he did run it». Judge: «okay so your guilty and your fine is 238 + 52 in admin fees + 50 for traffic school». In the end I’m out 3 days wage and $ 340!

This place sucks and the people here are extremely rude and talk over you.
Not only that, they can’t even be bothered to meet with you face-​to-​face but through a rickety telephone that kept cutting in and out.
Not like reviews on government workers does much, but a helpless citizen who is thinking of going in there should know.

Today I reported a creepy man staring at me and the baby I care for at the playground across the street from the police station. The officers told me there was nothing they could do as all officers were out. As I began to leave the station, after giving them a piece of my mind (you know, protect our children.) an officer took my name and number. I never heard from them. What kind of public servants are these guys? Who do they protect and serve? Certainly not women and children.

Zero stars for the police asshole who thinks it’s okay to give attitude to members of the public. Why do cops think the law applies to everyone but themselves? Most of them are corrupt and should be fired immediately. Useless bunch of fuckwits.

I just wanted to take time to thank the calm, kind female police officer who assisted me on filing a report.
I grew up out in the Sunset District in San Francisco. This neighborhood represents fond memories and great experiences from my childhood. I feel safe there.
After my limited experience with the Bayview Police station when I needed to file a report on some punk at one of the Bayview Walgreens and NO ONE FROM BAYVIEW POLICE STATION EVER CAME OUT TO TAKE A REPORT even though the store manager called them, let’s just say that the police station in Bayview District is not on my list of 5 star places to recommend.
Bayview police station needs to take a cue from the Taraval Police Station when dealing with folks calling in or physically coming in who may be shaken up, scared and/​or upset. I was treated with and observed, only calm professionalism
during my visit to the Taraval Police Station.
Taraval Police officers afforded me and others I witnessed what I call the, «three C’s»
*Candor
*Care
*Courtesy
Taraval Police Station have these traits down.
Thank you for being professional and helpful, folks. Should I run into any other issues in my new neighborhood of Bayview, I now I know I can return to my «home» neighborhood of the Sunset and file a report there in safety and peace.

I called to report kids pouring dish soap down my neighborhoods steep hill. Cars coming down were skidding and could have spun out onto a house or pedestrian. I got attitude and was disconnected twice for trying to prevent an accident. They need to fire the person answering the calls.

My car was hit today (hit & run), instead of just calling we drove the car to the station to file a report. We walk in and pick up the phone. They say have a seat, so we did. Mind you there was no one else in the lobby. A dude walks in like 10 minutes later with a fix it ticket. they tell him to also have a seat. We both wait 10 more minutes, a cop comes out, ignores us and helps the dude. Mind you they weren’t even busy. 15 more minutes, we walked out. Apparently my car being hit by a drunk wasn’t important enough. WTF? I am a homeowner in the Sunset and pay taxes, I expected better treatment! Thanks for nothing…

Simply the best ever. My recent experience with the Taraval Police Station was every bit an example of what police work and attitude should be .
I wish to single out Officer Busalacchi S# 2127 and the Female officer that assisted us in recovering our stolen vehicle .
Their attitude and professionalism should be held up as an example of San Francisco’s finest. quick, friendly and Professional .
My sincere thanks and highest recommendation.
Eric Albronda

I just want to give a shout-​out to Officers Lew and Faliano for being so friendly and helpful. I had never been to a police station before so I wasn’t sure what to expect when I came by on Sunday to get a parking permit for my moving truck. They couldn’t have been nicer and I feel safer already knowing that they are protecting our streets and neighborhoods.

I needed a permit for a moving truck to block 60 ft for two days. Got a phone number from the MTA — said I need to call the Taraval Police Station. I called 3 times and nobody called back. This is the minus one star. I then went there in person — and guess what — awesome service. The officer in charge came right out with the forms, explained the procedure — everybody was very nice and patient. Cool!

Dispatch had them at my house within 10 minutes from when I called… that isn’t too bad… but then again, I am extremely close to the station. so it should have actually took an officer to come within 5 minutes… but the cop was being cool so he’s alright in my books… the ones at the station can be a bit lazy as the others have already expressed… so that equals them being a bit slow and unresponsive… oh well.

Negative stars if I could. I got my phone stolen yesterday and was able to track it through the GPS. It was on TARAVAL BETWEEN 28^th and 29^th, which is only FOUR blocks away. They didn’t do anything for me. They were slow, unattentive, and one officer was actually downright rude. I know they need a warrant to search the building but they waited 3 hours after I filed the report to start suggesting options to get the phone back. But by then, the stealer already turned my phone off.
Lazy as fuck. So disappointed. Now I understand why people say f*ck the police.
There was ONE officer however, that was the opposite of all of these things and I have the utmost respect for him.

WOW!!! I call in to make a report that my apartment building was burglarized. I have never done this before, so i called in to get some advice on what to do. A pleasant officer answers the phone and says that we should indeed report the case and that he will transfer me to an officer who can help me. He proceeds to do so. Another officer answes the phone and I expalin what happened. She asks me if someone will be home when an officer gets here, so naturally I ask if there is a particular time estimate of when someone will get here, because I am running late to work as a result of this. She lets me know (and the officer had an incredibly rude tone of voice from the moment she picked up the phone). I than proceed to ask her if ther is a timeframe of when a crime like this need to be reported. I, of course wasn’t expecting to get any of my belongings back, but would want it reported so that other people in the neighborhood are aware of what’s going on in our own back yard. Well, before I culd even finisha sentence, she interruped me saying «I am trying to explain!!! and went on talking about information she has already said. Guess what officer, I understood you the first time, but clearly you need to work on your listening skills! I let her finish talking and than asked my question. Now I am not sure if I am more outraged by the burglary in a place I live and should feel safe or by the fact that the one time I need to turn to police I get even more outraged and feel absolutly no support! The sad part is that (and this is hard for me to say being a female), but her demeanor just on the phone fit all the negative stereotypes of a female officer =/​
PS In retrospect, I do realize that this was one officer out of many who work here and I cannot judge everyone by my experience with one. However, I do not deal with police officers on the daily (thankfully and hopefully that will continue to be the case), but judging by this one experience, I will not be turning to them again.
I do have to say that I appreciate the first person I spoke with and his great manner on the phone. I only wish he was the one I continued speaking with him.

The entire team here at Franciscan Hobbies 1920A Ocean Ave would like to thank the Taraval station and in particular, our beat officers for thier hard work. Never in our 64 year history have we had beat officers as freindly, motivated, and active as the two men assigned to our area. We think your doing an awesome job, keep up the good work!

These people are useless. They going riding around the neighborhood and not doing a single thing about all the double parking, people stealing from the recycle bins or even the illegal dumping. They don’t stop the people from doing rolling stops or running stop lights; thus the death of the 2 people on 19^th within the past year.
The news recently reported about how there are an increase of pot growers in the Sunset/​Parkside district. It is because marijuana growers know that these police can’t do anything but run over to Chicken-​N-​Coop or Tennessee Grill for lunch and coffee shops at night.
People at the Chicken-​N-​Coop, Tennessee Grill and West Portal Starbucks know they are safe. The stores next to them might be considering how many go and how many red zones are there to park at.

well, I have recently move to sunset and the cops here are mean.
My roommate’s car was park at a place that he useully park and then one day he got a ticket. It wasn’t street cleaning or anything. After 3 months later arguing the ticket with the DMV. Finally talking to a live person, the DMV said the cop wrote you a ticket because your registration was late, not because of parking violation. All we need to do was to hand over the new registration and have an officier sign off at the police station. We did call the police station before but no one tell us why we got a ticket. So a lot of back and forth from DMV and the police station until someone with a brain to tell us the truth.
One time my friend drops me off at my house and a cop harass her about her headlight being too high. What the hell!
Do you want your police to fight crime or doing mindless little thing that doesn’t matter??? The people at the beach needs to file a complaint about that cop. Who ever wrote that nice review I think is a cop or a family member of the cops. I think there are good cops and bad cops but it seems fewer good ones then good.

The police here are incompetent and corrupt. Most are power hungry, and are largely inept. This is largely due to officers who continue to harass students from the local high school and middle school, and yet do nothing about the graffiti that litters this neighborhood, or people who come in here from other neighborhoods to peddle their wares.
I called them about a disturbance regarding a neighbor who may or may not have fired a gunshot, and I live about 6 blocks away from them. I told the dispatcher not to release my information and that I’d like to remain anonymous. Upon arrival they ring my doorbell, and then informed my neighbor that I had called them.
Not only did they showed up 45 minutes later, but they also didn’t act accordingly to the situation. They clearly pointed me out as I waited by the door wondering what the hell they were doing.
I informed the police station later of the inept officers who I know had their laptops clearly stated that I wished to remain anonymous. The person who picked up the phone told me that there was nothing I could do about it.
The SFPD is clearly going down and down, and I see more and more signs of crime and unscrupulous individuals who come in from other neighborhoods. The sunset isn’t known for crime, and this is largely due to the fact that we are far away from places like the bayview, hunters point, or visatation valley. But this police force keeps reinforcing the idea that they are incapable of policing or enforcing the law.
And read
The SFPD still mess up big, and I wonder if this city will continue to ignore it’s growing crime problem.

Well, to give a cop shop a rating is sort of an overall rating of the SFPD. But I have had two specific instances dealing with the people at this finger on the long arm of the law. The first was to request a Citizen Complain Form, or an Officer Misconduct From, which is a complaint any citizen has. There are very specific rules all police departments follow when giving out these forms, and this station abided by some and ignored others. I waited 40 minutes, was questioned by the Seargent on Duty three separate times, and only after then did he decide I was going to give up no information did he hand over the form. It took so long, he said, because they had to fax one over since they had run out. So either they practive gross neglegience and derilection of duty by not having the forms, or they are having so many citizen complaints against that specific office that they can’t keep up. The second time one of their officers had left her folder in my living room when she responded to a fight/​party call at my house. She seemed like a decent officer, so I walked it down the next day to the shop and dropped it off wth the front desk. No big deal, simple enough.
Now, on the plus side, I’ve never been murdered or had anything all that important stolen from me, so the cops aint so bad. But, they have a lot on which to improve, with the Taraval station not being an exception.