My wife and I have lived in Mundelein for more than eight years. The only downside is the high real…read moreestate taxes. All of the shopkeepers and their workers speak English, and do it well enough, and with a high degree of courtesy. The police do not hassle people for walking down the street. If you were questioned, you either looked suspicious or you did something wrong or questionable. We plan to remain in Mundelein for the rest of our lives.

Mundelein is a charming town with lots of potential. The people are friendly and down to earth. The…read morepark district, library and restaurants are affordable and good! There is a train station and lots of affordable housing.

Going in to try to understand how to process my violation …read more The officer that gave me a ticket forgot an envelope . Trying to figure out how to process this , traffic school . Ugh Pam at the front was so sweet and helpful . I'm bummed that I got a ticket. It's been quite a while and I know they're doing their job even though I didn't think I was at fault but I am grateful that we have the police. I just wanna tell Pam thank you for her help. She was so sweet and kind.

Thomas And Namdo Did A Fantastic Job Helping Retrieve My Stuff. Thanks! Was Really Nice To Be With…read moreA Fabulous Team Of Individuals

Literally saved my friend's life. What else can I even say... The most empathetic officers who…read moredefine the definition of Protect and Serve. They employ some real hero's. Genuinely cared for this life whilst simultaneously instructing me politely how to help, or to stay out of the way. Calmed me at the same time while I was holding back tears fearing for the worst. Above and beyond public service. You people will forever be in my prayers.

Unfortunately, we had terrible experience with VHPD. I was rear ended by a 17 yr old who was…read moretexting while driving. It was at a complete stop at red light when he hit me. My son was in the back seat. Fortunately no one was hurt. VHPD came and didn't even ask me any details. They were chatting up with the parents of the 17 yr old. I hate to even mention racism here but that's exactly what happened. The VHPD officer treated me with utter disrespect in the way they spoke to me. Tried to intimidate me by being rude. They let the family go without giving me the insurance information of the other party who was at fault. The 17 yr old was even given a ticket by the police. Now, their insurance is denying the responsibility. We had to go through our insurance and pay $3,500 out of pocket. We are going through a lengthy subrogation process. This was no fault of ours and we had to shell out $3,500 for just waiting for the light to turn green. I feel like the entire system is turning against minorities these days. This was an easy case where they should have given me details of other party's insurance and they let them go. They tried to force me to drive my damaged vehicle home while i was waiting for my husband. I hate to say but the government ecosystem is turning against well to do minorities and are expected to pick up after incompetent citizens.

They handled a small situation into a big situation. They treated me like I was a thug. Escalated…read morethe small situation that could be solved without police and still made it worse by treating me horrible. They harassed me and forced my personal information to them. I felt very intimidated and my friend was also treated like a criminal. They have never seen crime before and treat everything like we are in the southside of chicago. They have nothing to do besides harassing and abuse their power. They also threaten me by saying how they will find out how i am and made me feel uncomfortable and spread information about me behind my back and also not to mention that they are letting a crime happen in front of the officers and them not doing anything. I have tried reaching out them and they are not communicating back. defund this police department now.

Plenty, perhaps paying attention to reports about drivers blowing past stop signs. A kid was…read moreactually hit!! If they don't want to post a squad to show that they care about the safety of the citizens that pay their salaries it would be nice if they would actually come to a complete stop and obey the rules of the road. It's tough enough to teach your kid to drive but then when they call out the police in our town that sucks! It also doesn't teach them to respect authority! I would also suggest that some brush up on some laws. It is okay to not know everything but when a situation presents itself to learn something and get educated to show you care about what you signed up to do, you should probably take it! I'm no Spring chicken but my day doesn't feel complete until I learn something new! A commander who raises his voice and talks over you and has no idea what the definitions of some words are is absolutely irresponsible, irritating and disgraceful!! That is your job sir! When things get heated you are supposed to calm the situation!! I always am a respectful, kind and empathetic person. If you think I will not continue to express my extreme disappointment, perhaps you should get to know me better!! All I can think is... if my husband called can I believe he would speak to him in the same tone? Would he tell him he was wrong and would he talk over him? Not sure, that wasn't the case but my gut tells me he would have spoke more like an adult who protects this community!!! So, after speaking to 2 Commanders I feel let down. I did miss a couple phone calls but I have no voicemails. I am not an officer so I also don't know everything but I'm wondering when an investigation consists of listening to me and showing clear forgery and identity theft documents I have secured and then just taking the time to call the person who is an insurance agent and just get his side of the story with no proof and say that there is not an issue!! I hope that I am wrong about others that do care and take the time to assist and protect this community. I am sure they are there, when your commander reacts and handles things in a certain way it really makes someone worry about what is important to the Deerfield Police Department? Sitting in the Church and library parking lots ? Not sure, just my observations over the last 3 years‍

they do a nice job at serving and protecting the community! they have super nice officers and cool…read morepolice cars!

Forest Park and Forest Park Beach, while separate parks are listed as one on Yelp. So that said,…read moreForest Park on the bluff is a wonderful open space area. Many locals picnic here, exercise and you can take multiple trails down to the lakefront from here -- including a staircase and wooden ramps that you can ride your bike on. During the main season, there are people posted at the entranceways to make sure you either have a Lake Forest sticker or pay an entrance fee. Yes yes. Complain if you want about the fee but that means you aren't a resident. The city spent considerable money on upgrading the waterfront and then experienced major trainloads of people coming to the town just for the beach. It just got too expensive for the ongoing maintenance and clean up. Why should residents pay? That said, the beachfront is wonderful. The beach is clean and has well-marked areas for swimming. There is a great playground for kids. Lots of picnic tables. And lots of park benches for those who don't want to frolic in the sand. There is also a boat launch and storage area, volleyball nets and a covered picnic area you can reserve for parties. Two things that could improve -- The restroom facilities aren't fancy but do the trick. And the little food store down there is very limited. So plan on bringing food of your own.

My favorite beach on the North Shore. Maybe others will feel differently, but I actually like the…read moreconstruction of this beach considerably more than most beaches on the North Shore - you walk down to the beach and it's not a trek across the sand, the water is right there. It's more a long strip of beach than the usual square of sand that you see on most beaches. Decent amount of parking. While there are usually three ways in and out of the beach, unfortunately, the only current one as of this review is the drive. Otherwise, there's a steep staircase that is usually used by exercisers (and I don't blame them, you definitely feel it) and a beautiful woodsy ramp/walk-up further down the beach. The work that they are doing in the upper park area will hopefully done soon - I'm guessing it may have taken as long as it has in part due to the harsh Winter. The upper park part is very pretty, but there's not a whole lot to it. As another reviewer noted, it would be a lovely picnic spot. As of this review, they are doing considerable work on the park area and it's not open - hopefully they will get it done soon as it would be nice to get the two walkways down to the beach back open. You do have to be a resident to pay taxes, which is the same as many beaches in the North Shore. While not optimal, it's a really pretty walk from downtown Lake Forest if you want to take a peek at the beach area.

Actually had an emergency at my house a few weeks back and along with the ambulance ADT sent a…read morepolice officer from Island Lake. I barely even noticed who the officer was because I was in so much pain but lo and behold a couple weeks later he sees me driving by and pulls up behind me at my house to see how I was doing. Nice to have an officer actually show some of that "protect and serve" rather than just slapping a ticket at you whenever they can.

I would like to give a special thanks to Island lake police department :-) giving someone a ride…read morehome and not giving them any crap is absolutely respectful and I want to give my upmost respect to the Island Lake police department for doing that!