Fremont Police Department

Officer Barney Fife «Cain» to the rescue. After working the late shift in the ER for my hospital I got to my car and notice a tail light out. Being a new car I know it will be fixed under warranty so I drive 1 mile and see Fremonts’ finest eye balling my car then tailgates me for 2 miles before pulling me over. I try to pull over but he isn’t happy with the spot so we keep driving then hit a construction zone so we can’t stop there so we continue for another mile then finally it is satisfying for Barney Cain to pull over. He gets out of his suv wearing an ill fitted wrinkled uniform with unshined shoes and of course he looks like he has been going to Duncan Doughnuts a little to often. Just because you are big doesn’t mean you have to look like a slob. He informs me what I already know and I tell him it will be fixed in the morning and I would do it now but where am I going to get a bulb at 1 am? He says wait and comes back with a fix it ticket and says he is giving me the ticket because I have a long commute !! Judge, Jury, and Prosecutor is the way Barney Fife Cain is acting. He knows I won’t fight it and gives me a ticket because of my long drive. I wonder if Barney knows how many Police officers I have helped over the years working the ER and a little understanding would have been nice and not to be an over zealous ticket writer like Barney Fife. God knows how is this guy going to help the citizens of Fremont if something big goes down and he only has his one bullet because I hope the Sheriff doesn’t give him more. He might empty his clip into an innocent bystander. I would also think at 1 am there are other pressing situations going on.

I appreciate my local police department. On the rare occasion when I have needed them they show up promptly and have always been professional. They make sure Fremont does not become like the surrounding cities. When visiting my neighboring cities I can see the different, I feel safe living here.

Last Friday i came into an active, but uncharged situation where a mentally ill man had wagged a pocket knife at someone earlier. He flashed the knife again when the police came, (NOT at them, tho) and they handled it perfectly without escalating the matter. Oh they were at the ready with their weapons alright, but after it was determined that the man had no intention of sticking anyone, the cops relaxed n questioned him, with dignity, on both sides. He wasn’t treated like a freebie punching-​bag. He wasn’t even hogtied, slammed down or bitchslapped! He was actually SPOKEN to!!! The officers that I spoke with took their oaths seriously, especially the part about the CONSTITUTION and RIGHTS OF OTHERS (pay attention you asshole cops who don’t!). THESE are the guys who are T R U L Y heros. These are the guys who make me proud to be an American. These are the guys that make me smile to the next cop that I see, cuz I know that there ARE great cops out there (of course). Three cheers to FPD! Hip hip hooray. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray. (Ooh, i may have fractured a hip on that last one). In my experience, if the leadership is shitty, so is the rep. If the leadership sets good examples, the reps learn and display. May St. Michael continue to ride with these men that answered the call last Friday at the wellness center by the courthouse. One young, tall, blonde, flared-​nostril kid was terribly polite. And humble. T H A N K Y O U, fellas, great job. YOU, too, at the top!

Be careful with Fremont traffic cop. They are rude and ready to nail you.
If i have camera, i will record the interaction.

I’m sorry so many people have had a poor experience with FPD. For me, I have had nothing but good exchanges with them. I am very thankful for the cops that I have had the pleasure of dealing with (even when being pulled over). I know when I am in the wrong and I don’t try to lie to them because they are very fair. I take off a star because there are still a lot of people who have had bad run-​ins and I dont discredit their experiences. There are bad cops out there, this is true. I am just lucky enough to have met some of the good ones, and there ARE good ones.

Zero stars. Beaware of officer Fuellenbach he will not protect you he will just turn the story around on you. Don’t feel safe right now…

Everyone should be thankful for the commitment that these fine officers have! They keep bad people at bay. You all should be nothing but honored for your continued service. You have protected my family every time!
Thank you and God bless!

The Fremont PoPo is at it again! They shot a guy DEAD down the street from my house for a domestic dispute. They say the guy had a KNIFE so they shot him! no taser, no bean bag to the ass, no mace to his eyeballs, not even just shoot him in the leg and wrestle the knife from the guy… just shot him dead! I was outside wiping down my car and I heard the gunshots. This happened maybe about a month ago but just thought I’d warn the community to watch yourself because some of the white FMT cops are out of control. We as citizens are not even allowed to shoot someone dead if they break into our home unless THEY have a gun as well… it has to be equal force. I never heard anything more on the news about the Fremont cop that shot that man.

When it comes to direct interaction with Fremont PD I only had one. An Indian woman sneaked into our apartment complex and started crying, yelling and banging at the neighbor’s door. I assumed it was probably a bad break up but couldn’t figure it out completely as she was speaking in a foreign language. Because she was not a resident, and you frankly never know how things could end, seems quite a few of us called 9−1−1.
They came rather quick and were able to calm the woman down and eventually get her out of the building. I don’t know if they arrested her or not but it went out smoothly.
I have crossed path with them actually a few times. Once was them evacuating an area because somebody went into a business (don’t know which, it was at an one of those office complexes, which made it all quite weird and scary), and two isolated events where arrests were performed nearby, one by Washington High School during summer, one by the Walgreens at Mowry. Both times nationalities of the people arrested varied and everything went rather smooth. Police got them handcuffed, the guys were just seating and waiting and no animosity was happening at the moment. I see them frequently walking around, sometimes grabbing a coffee or on duty somewhere and they seem friendly and never had a problem with them.
I just hope the experience stays as is…

I got pulled over last week on Thursday evening around midnight on Paseo Paste due to an expired registration. Absolutely my fault– it was two weeks past due and I had missed the notification due to a recent move. I had noticed a few days prior but what the officer didn’t know was that I had been sick and had a lot going on in my life and blah, blah, blah, but I knew he didn’t want to hear those excuses. I apologized, assumed responsibility and he was polite and even helped make me feel comfortable (I was a little nervous since I never get pulled over). He made sure I was going to take care of it, was understanding that it was only two weeks, which is minor, he did his due diligence by checking my ID, probably made sure I was sober (100%!) and that everything was okay before sending me on my way. This wasn’t anything special, no one will write a news article or plaster stories about it every where because it’s boring but I figured I would share. I would also like to point out that as a woman any situation alone on a dark road can be nerve racking. The officer made sure to be non-​threatening, calm, polite but authoritative and had a female officer onsite with him as well.

I was at Panera and saw 3 police officers having breakfast. I had a burning question that I just had to ask, and nobody seemed to know the answer, let alone know WHAT I was even asking. Why doesn’t a single person know what I am even talking about? Why do I have such a simple question that no one seems to have the answer to? That’s it … I’m asking these police officers!
Me: «Excuse me, gentlemen, I have been seeing these signs all over Fremont, and I don’t know what they mean. It’s a sign that looks like a street sign, but it has a fire department insignia and it says underneath, *Driveway #1, #2, #3*, etc. What do those signs even mean?»
Two out of the three officers look at me completely perplexed. They didn’t know either. My shoulders relax as I’m feeling completely defeated, trying to accept that I will never know what those signs stand for. I’m beginning to wonder why they exist, since most people didn’t know they were posted in the first place.
The third officer sits up and clears his throat …
Officer: «Those signs are made for 911 dispatch, so when they call the fire department, they can give clear directions to them. For example, dispatch might say *There is a fire on Blacow and Central, at Driveway #9* so that can pinpoint the exact location they need to be at.»
Wow. This man just became the God of useless information. I want to hug him, but I know he carries a weapon. I contain my excitement and just look at him wide-​eyed.
Officer: «Now I have a pressing question for you.»
Me: «Sure, what?»
Officer: «Do you know the fire station on Central?»
Me: «Um, yeah.»
Officer: «Now why does the Fire Department have a big stone statue that looks like a donut, and the police station doesn’t?»
Genius.
Seriously, go by the fire station on Central and see that big statue. It really looks like a donut.

I thought I’d share my response to a Sean Hannity report on Fox News, referring to our beloved Fremont Police Dept… «If you don’t like your interaction with the police, try obeying the law,»
My response:
Yeah, well it’s too bad obeying the law is NOT enough to avoid racial bias from police. I’ve had two life changing encounters with police BIAS that had nothing to do with disobeying laws. I am an educated women with no police record whatsoever. The first encounter was when my car was intentionally blocked-​in on the street by a man who happened to be white, because he didn’t want me or any of the commuter bus passengers to park on his street. He refused to move either of his cars so I called the police thinking they will come save the day. protect and serve. I was the victim/​damsel in distress. Well I learned a valuable lesson that evening when the white officer shows and is immediately rude, dismissive, yelled at me and treated me, the victim, as the agitator and the true agitator as a respected citizen. Go figure. I left the scene emotionally scarred. So much so that I called that officer at 2:30am still crying and upset trying to understand why he had treated me so unkind when I had not done anything wrong? I am still emotional typing this almost 10yrs later. The 2^nd encounter was when the door to my condo was kicked down by intruders who were somehow interrupted before they could get fully inside my unit. In making my police report to a seemingly polite and caring officer, I realized his true nature as soon as my 15yr old Black son stepped into the room. I had never seen a mans expression/​demeanor change so quickly (well that’s not completely true. as anyone who’s raised a young Black man in America knows this expression very well)! Without ever speaking with my child he instantly turned the attempted break-​in into a «retaliation» situation. Someone at my sons school or in HIS interactions must be the reason for the break-​in. Since the culprits hadn’t come completely inside, they were probably sending my son a message. He deduced this scenario within the first 5secs of meeting my child whom he did not know anything about except for the color of his skin. I dismissed that suggestion and this man presence as any help in my situation. Thanks to that lovely officer the culprits were free and clear to successfully break-​in to 5 or more units, this time all on the inside of the complex away from windows and doors. mine had been an outside unit near a huge window, stairwell and parking lot). Over the course of a few months they managed to kick down each door of this doors and steal tens of thousand of dollars in merchandise. Way to go, Fremont, CA Police Dept!!! Thank you so much for your service.

I ran into 4 cops around 10:30 pm last night after being told from my apartment security guard that he would see if it was okay for my brothers and I stay past the 10 pm close time at the hot tub. Cops came in, I was trying to explain what was said but they had no intention in listening. That upset me, and I started raising my voice saying «do you understand my frustration with this?» At that point one of the cops towered over me and said get up your disrespecting us. I got cuffed and moved over to another area. This was the time I realized that there was no cameras or mics and they could say anything to screw me, so I shut up. My frustration comes from the lack of respect for me and what I was trying to say. I posed no threat. I was in swim shorts sitting down on the cold pavement freezing. The power trip of these cops was exactly what I’ve heard from the different racial communities for years but always thought that they had to of done something to invoke these actions. I have never got in trouble in my life and they made me feel like a criminal. Was absolutely ridiculous. Big heads clash, but unfortunately if you have a badge, all others have no voice. I was put in cuffs for the following reason from the cop. «You are disrespecting us».
Other than that stay safe FPD.

The front admin/​help desk clerk I met today was lazy and very unhelpful. I came in today to get my windshield fixing ticket correction signed off by an officer only to be sent away by the front clerk lady. Apparently, The Fremont PD doesn’t sign off on any of the other cities or CHP fixing tickets. Rather this was true or not, I was trying to understand why can’t any PD officer sign off on a correction ticket especially when the ticket was issued in Fremont but the way she communicated to me was down right rude. She basically said they don’t do it because they are too busy and under staffed… ok…I mean I was the only person in there looking for help… I guess this is the type of protect and serve service the taxpayers are getting these days.

What’s with all the haters? I love our PD! They gave our Girl Scout troop a tour of the beautiful facility, and in the parking lot, one officer went out of his way to get a police car to show the girls. Crime is up, and I think they do their best with the resources they have. I’ve called the non emergency number and gotten quick response. They caught a bad guy years ago when a detective overheard another officer discussing a similar incident and connected the dots. I am grateful!

If you call the non-​emergency line they keep you on hold forever. Fremont PD waits in the parking lots of bars. Entrapment. You police officers are scumbags, you should be ashamed of yourselves. You’re not «protecting and serving» anyone but yourselves. The most crooked of thieves.

This is a painful one to write. I’ll sum it up quickly. My car was stolen. Police were called. Arrived fast. But he spend about 20 minutes asking me If I was sure where I parked it then drove around the parking lot to double check. Made me call my relatives and ask them If they drove 2 hours to take my car as a joke. Seriously? After it was all said n done. I realized my identity was also taken and the thieves had stolen hundreds of dollars by changing my pin to my card. No clue how. so I try to reach the officer in charge of my case to add the identity theft and even offer the exact time n place they were used. It’s been a month now I’ve called 12 times and I still haven’t received even a text message back. My car identity and personal items were taken. And these guys are just too busy to return a call. And then they charge u 15 bucks for the lousy ass police report. Most cities it’s free. Zero stars if I could.

Drove past the scene of an accident on my way home. Police were extremely aggressive and rude… They claimed I shouldn’t have driven there even though I had no clue there was even an accident until the last moment. No reason to warrant that level of rudeness and profanity for someone simply on their way home from work. If they need a street closed they should close it off with cones

7/​6/​2014Fremont police are sooo Lazy, I call because someone was shooting off M80 s next street over. They wont come out. What the hell am i paying for, dont get me started on the foreigners digging in my trash
Bunny L

The police here just want to take the salary without paying any efforts to their responsibilities. I am one of the victims of a large amount fraud, the other two victims locate in Seattle and Los Angeles have already filed this fraud as a serious criminal case local while the police in Fremont told me that he could do nothing to help me after hearing the same description of the fraud. I then went to the police station locates in Newark, after hearing my same statement the police there told me that he thinks this fraud is a felony and don’t know why the Fremont police gave me such excuse. But he can not help me regarding to the jurisdiction because I am a resident in Fremont currently!!! The police suggested me to talk directly to the supervisor if the police in lobby still ignored my case. And I WILL TAKE HIS ADVICE UNTIL I GET A FAIR RESULT!!!

I know I know, everyone wants to bad mouth the police department. I cant. After my auto burglary last week, and how well I have been treated (even in my shaken frantic state) my respect level has gone WAY up. The desk staff have treated me well every time I have called or stopped by to ask questions, and the officer handling my investigation has been more than diligent.
Thank you Fremont Police!