I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to the Salinas area a few years back. Reading the…read morereviews for the Salinas PD really surprised me. If you think these posts are depiction of a poor force, you need to travel more and experience what other communities and countries endure. The PD is poor because you called in a loud music complaint - (probably one of many they receive nightly). And you can't provide an address, really?Right there, bottom of the list. My guess is if it was that important you could have figured it out. The PD wasn't there to stop a motorist from running down a pedestrian? Guess what... happens everyday in the Bay Area and PD can't be everywhere all the time. Yes, I agree traffic enforcement needs to be stepped up but more importantly, people need to take responsibility for their actions which includes being aware of what's around them. Put down your cellphone, put your make-up on at home, leave the burger in the bag till you stop the car. Distractions feed the problem. In closing I'll offer, what prompted me to visit this Yelp page was an experience I had last evening while out with friends. We were in a local pub and in walks 4 Salinas PD officers. Of course the mood was silenced as most people looked. Turns out they weren't there for a problem, they were there to be visible and prevent any potential problem. They worked their way through the crowd, stopping to talk to people, shaking hands, then they walked out. It was a good thing and I believe most people in the pub that evening would agree with me.

front desk employees are just rude and some officers are very unprofessional in salinas. Officer…read moretold me he decided to pull me over cause of windshield tint instead of stoping someone who is on there cell phone out and wasn't paying attention to road also dispatchers will argue with you. salinas pd is very poor they need better training

The people who work here have some real attitude adjustment issues. Some of the employees are very…read morenice, yet many employees display very poor behavior. I have seen inside the jail where the police bring in the drunks from the community. Rather than showing respect, some of the officers just laugh at them in front of their face. Not a good thing when the poor victim is suddenly placed in an unfamiliar place and about to be locked up in a cage. They can be really rough at times with the detainees. At times they may need to be aggressive if the detainee is resisting. But oftentimes they need to be less aggressive. My friend was once hired to entertain at the annual Christmas party. He called the day before to verify, and the officer who hired him started yelling at him and told him he is not to come. Thus being cancelled without being properly notified in advance. Another friend who worked there was suddenly fired because he had a medical condition affecting his performance. They sent five police cars to his house to tell him he was terminated. They took all his police gear and treated him rudely. The neighbors were all concerned with all the cars. They only needed to send one car. Be cautios dealing with this place.

Just had 3 street thugs surround me to tell me to leave. I tried to leave and then they wouldn't…read morelet me leave. Now they wanted more info from me. I asked them what their RAS was and they claimed trespassing. So I left while they were talking to me threatening to cage me. If you back all the way out from the experience and look back: citizen minding his business, LEO stops citizen to say 'you have to leave' while citizen was trying to leave... see the logic yet? I asked 'Can I do that?' They say 'Do what?' I say 'Leave?' They say ' No ' ...... These were people hired by Monterey County. People who can't see their own actions, who don't realize they created a problem for them to solve. Is that called job security? I'd file a complaint but we all know how that's going to unfold. They are not bright enough individuals to police themselves.

We all know this is a probation department so I didn't have high expectations in the first place…read more However, waiting 2 hours to get an ankle monitor put on was absolutely ridiculous. Hopefully they understand that people get rides here and sometimes someone is waiting for them. Please be mindful.

The lack of service here is astounding. I thought an establishment such as this would at least…read morehave an idea of what professionalism is but most who work here (especially those agents at the front desk) are at a level of basic understanding. I don't know if they put this act on because they see people who are not at the top of their game, but it needs to stop. We are all humans and we don't need to be given your side eye or treated less than. It's despicable. Waiting five minutes for the phone to be picked up is unprofessional, answering the phone will laughing (not soft, but loud) is unprofessional, calling people by their first name is unprofessional. When did everyone become downgraded? Is this really a business of Monterey County and thus a direct reflection of the city of Monterey? this is wrong.

Sitting here now, drove from San Jose, because the office in SJ is now closed. Not that I could get…read morethrough on any phone!! I called the tax payer preparer line, only one I could get through on, she kindly said to just show up! So I'm here waiting, the security guard who checked me for weapons said people with appointments could go in front of me LOL do you know how hard I tried to make an appointment???? So I ask, how many people are here to help. Wondering how long I have to wait because I have to drive back to Los Gatos to go to work.He tells me he cannot give me that information .wow, didn't know that was a federal secret. If you live in San Jose, go to the Oakland office. The only reason I came here is because I had to go to work and the traffic Ugh

So glad we decided to go to this IRS office. The security was good. Christina did an amazing job…read moreanswering all our questions. Questions that we've been trying to get answers to for over a year regarding our 2022 and 2023 taxes. She was very nice, compassionate and very knowledgeable. This is the first time we felt good about IRS because we were losing hope. Thank you Christina! We appreciate you your help.

i would like to greatly thank the fine officers who saved my life last night via a kind hearted…read more5150. thank you! i am alive today because of you!

I am horrified at the treatment received by a Marina police officer named Ryan Parra. He has a very…read morebad attitude and used foul language while violating my rights of search and seisure without any probable cause. The more I spoke up about the violations the more angered he became. I'm pretty sure he trained on deescalation but for some reason wasn't exercising it. My friend also complained on the way he was being handled. Just a lack of respect on the departments part as 2 other officers watched on but didn't correct Parra. Guess that's the code of silence many officers are prone to abide by. Long story short, we weren't doing anything wrong but was forced to identify ourselves, step out of vehicle, and both searched against our will. This is not right as we were never committing any crime. A city I used to feel safe in, now concerns me just to drive thru.. I've heard stories of their misconduct but now am a true witness. Shame on Marina PD!

Big Thank you to Sergeant Kelly, Officer Lawson, Chief Ron Langford, Sergeant Joseph Quilenderino…read more (If I missed anyone, or wrote your name or rank incorrectly, just let me know please). This is for Del Rey Oaks Police Department. I think their police vehicles can also say something like "Presidio of Monterey Police." I had different interactions and communications with the Officers. A couple I actually met just at different gas stations. One - I got pulled over (Oops sorry!). And also when I called in to ask some questions and get some info. I initially thought these police were Seaside, but eventually found out they are DROPD. What impressed me about this Department and the Officers is that they are: Professional Friendly Willing to be friendly to the community and talk to people Willing to look into each situation in detail Caring I didn't meet all the officers at the same time (don't worry - I didn't try to steal a Kombucha drink or anything). This was over the course of about 6 months. * A couple days ago, my family went with my dad to the hospital and talked to an Oncologist for the first time. He has advanced stage 4 incurable lung cancer. One aspect I regret is that our family put a lot of money and work into dad and mom's "retirement home." Now, all the remodeling has halted. We won't have money to both take care of dad and continue with the house. The remodeling had gone on a year already. It's a really old house. I was thinking about how sad that was that dad may never - or will only shortly - enjoy the house we intended for him in Seaside. I always try to think about positive things, or the silver lining. So I wondered if there was anything dad enjoyed in our move to the Monterey Area. Then I thought, "Oh yeah, my dad got to experience a really friendly and nice Police Dept." I'm not being sarcastic at all. Our family didn't expect it - but we were really pleased and lucky to come into an area with such a great Police Dept. So this result for my dad motivated me to finally write this review. I was going to earlier - I just... you know, life is so busy. So to sum it up: Big Thanks to Del Ray Oaks Police Dept & Presidio of Monterey Police for being so awesome and kind to the community. We really felt the effort these Departments and Officers took to go the extra mile. If my dad dies soon (and I think he will - unfortunately), I'm going to think about this whole big move we made to Seaside. And I will think, "Dad got to live in an area with really nice Officers (even though we never finished the house for him)." And I'm OK with that. I write this with a lot of gratitude. Thank you Officers.

UPDATE Nov 20, 2022: It has been over 7 months and we are still waiting for our plans to be…read morecompleted and submitted to the County. After being told many times that the plans would be submitted by a specific date, Belinda Taluban completely stopped responding to any communication from us. I went to her office in person and she lied to me again stating the work would be completed within a week (this was in July). At this point, we are out many thousands of dollars from the delay and wasted time, and we are not sure what to do. The County continues to give us deadlines that can only be met by the submission of the engineering plans. We are changing this review to 1 star and will reassess if the project is ever completed by Taluban Engineering. Notably, when she was communicating, she repeatedly expressed how busy she was. In hindsight, she should not have taken on our project and we would have found another engineer, saving us a lot of stress. We did have a positive initial impression of her and she seemed very capable and motivated at the time. --------------- Belinda is helping us work through a project. We were feeling completely lost until she took us on as clients. She quickly developed a plan to help move our project forward.

Stay away from this company! I paid my full payment to complete there obligation and now they are…read morenot responding. I've called/emailed for the last month and left messages and they are not even calling back at all. I don't understand a business like this can still be open. I got an advised from my bank as they cashed my check to submit a report to BBB and file a report through the local police department for a SCAM. I gave them so many chances to call and respond with no luck. I called today and I will give them until noon to respond.