Manhattan Beach Police Department — Local services in Manhattan Beach

I am glad that they are laying off tons of officers. Clearly doing so because they have NOTHING better to do than stand around and hand out traffic tickets. Recently I was ticketed for going over 10 miles the speed limit and I was merely trying to take over another car by speeding up. The officer waited there for his chance to ticket someone along Rosecrans heading east to Sepulveda and caught me going 50mph when the speed limit is 40. I could be going way over the speed limit and that warranted a ticket but 10 miles over???!!!! and I paid $250 for that ticket!!! Recently hawthorne police ticketed me for listening to a voicemail message on my cellphone and I paid $170, a total 400 bill. I don't even spend that much on clothes! 4 days of hard earned labor gone in a flash!! plus now I have one point. I'm not complaining but if they've got NOTHING better to do than stand around giving people tickets for petty reasons while someone else is getting away with real crimes like homicides and burglary, then they don't need more...

Literally had a police officer just now force my garage door open as it was closing because he claimed that I ran a stop sign. He then said that he can take me into jail for running the sign and drinking and driving, I said test my bac and I mentioned that my house camera shows everything to which he then said for me to have a good night and they left. Living in Manhattan beach AND on the strand I would have never thought that I'd ever encounter someone forcing my garage door open and threatening me like that. That's breaking and entering of a private residence and for what? An accusation of a moving violation? This is scary... Police will make up whatever they want to warrant an arrest, break and enter private property for supposedly running a stop sign... I thought I was supposed to feel safe and protected in my neighborhood... Once again the thanks goes to security cameras, otherwise who knows what they would have done to me. I'm...

I've lived in Manhattan Beach for 60+ years. And, while it was a fun place to grow up, it has been ruined by the police and politics that malfeasantly controls the area. They are bullies with badges. They are never held accountable for their misconduct. Everything from murder to hacking private email and making select deletions to cover up their misconduct. I worked for the NSA , back in the late 90's, and my extensive background check revealed gross misconduct by MBPD, and that is just the tip of...