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14th District Police Station
Category: Public Services & Government Police Departments Police Departments [Edit]
2150 N California Ave(between Palmer St & Shakespeare Ave)
Chicago, IL 60647
Neighborhood: Logan Square
(312) 744-8290
- Nearest Transit:
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California-o'hare (Blue Line)
3 reviews for 14th District Police Station
3 reviews in English
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Review from Eric H.
7/23/2010
This review is specific to the 14th District Gang Team, sorry boys, I hope to live a long prosperous life that includes never having to visit your small corner of hell in the most depressing building since Hitler's bunker.
But dear readers, if you ever have a "neighborly disagreement" with a few hardcore gang leaders,
You will want this gang team on your side. How they do it, I don't know. It seems that against the gangs, our "home team" has every thing going against them- well I guess they're safer than me. But their city provided walkie talkies worked as well as the ones I had when I was ten. And did I mention their "office space"? Seriously, station houses in shows like The Wire and NYPD Blues,? Ha! No "offices" for these guys, let alone cubicles, I'm talking windowless cinder block walls! I was told to please have a seat, and I almost wanted to say no thank you I'll stand. You would think that the guys on the forefront of Chicago's Raging Out of Control Gang Pandemic would be provided state of the art every thing, not using their own cell phones because the freak'n walkie talkies don't work!!! Yea I had to make a few "pick up's"s with them and marveled at their repeated, "do you copy! Do you copy!, Do you copy?, Where are you? What?" Say again?" It reminded me of the Little John skit on the Dave Chappelle Show!..... "What!!!!???? O.K.!!!!!" When I mentioned this to the
all businesses Gang Sgt., he just shrugged his shoulders at their Toys R' US communications. But at least they had tinted windows in the SUV I was riding in.
But the important thing is that these guys in spite of their sad limitations, where/are a combination of super professional champions and just nice common guys that made the most jittery impacted citizen less jittery.
They didn't seem jaded and made their work seem like a a science. Yes I expected to get the main gang banger,but not so quickly! And I didn't expect to get his minion who was following his orders! It was like these guys had a GPS for gang bangers on bikes! It didn't help that said gang banger was wearing the exact same clothes from the day in question.
Of course, this did raise my anxiety level to see both of them in cuffs.
Yes gentlemen I do hope to never have to be in your company again. Your work is something that I wish could be done, but not seen or heard. But hey I ain't Dorothy and this ain't Kansas. Its Logan Square.
And yea I'm concerned about trial, but I'm all good,
knowing that the 14th District Gang Team is rolling around on the streets. When I think of the words "serve and protect" I think of the 14th District Gang Team. And I don't give compliments to cops easily.
p.s. If I make it through this in one piece with only the natural holes that I was born with, then I will add a 5th start. -
Review from Nick S.
Chicago, IL
10/5/2007
I had the unfortunate experience of spending the night in this jail cell due to mistaken identity and was charged with two misdemeanors, both of which eventually got dropped.
The processing room I was in was fairly clean and to my surprise the bar to which my right hand was cuffed to was not gross and looked sanitary. After asking nicely, one of the officers kindly adjusted the handcuff as it was on too tight and digging into my wrist bone.
The professionalism of the staff was mixed. One officer seemed to be genuinely concerned about my health and asked me if I had cancer as he found a business card for a doctor of internal medicine in my wallet. Others were a little less pleasant, but I do not blame anyone for that if they honestly felt they were dealing with a guilty suspect, so no harm, no foul.
The holding cell had burn marks on the ceiling (how did they get lighters in there?) and the toilet was disgusting. This loses a star due to lack of bathroom tissue available. The two benches were flat, painted metal which was cold and smelled disgusting. Another star lost I am afraid.
The fellow patrons that joined me later that evening were for the most part inquisitive and talkative. After spending a few hours staring at the ceiling, the floors, the walls, then the ceiling again, this was most refreshing. For the welcome camaraderie factor, this place earns an extra star.
The booking area was nice and clean, and the officer that was taking my prints in the machine even had the courtesy to put a soap/water solution on my hands for me! He was also very nice and receptive to my jokes and politely laughed at one.
Unfortunately, the individual cell block I spent the rest of the evening/morning in was very unpleasant. I found a 2-3 day old bologna sandwich laying on the floor. To the staffs credit though, it was underneath the flat metal bench and could easily be missed if you were just passing by.
As disgusting and sticky as the bench was, I had no choice but to lay down and use my hands as a pillow. I would recommend even the worst roach motels out there a better place to catch some sleep.
Lastly, it was a little disappointing that around 7:00 am when they finally released me, I had to exit through a side door and walk all the way around the building to the front entrance to retrieve the rest of belongings. I was also upset that I found my default wall paper background on my cell phone had been changed to a photo of a list of prisoner rules. There was also a small brown stain on the front of the phone. Ugh!
I was also upset to find my cigarettes and lighter were not among my possessions. I would give this place another star for being right next to the El, but the unsatisfactory state of my belongings mitigated that.
Speaking of it's proximity to the EL, you will have to take my word for it that the last thing you will want to do is sit there and wait, again. I decided to walk the few miles home down Milwaukee Ave. There was even a Walgreens not to far away that was open! You will have one of the more pleasurable smokes after spending a night in the 14th District Police Station (Innocent or not) that is my guarantee!Listed in: First Post!, Places you should not end up…
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Review from Molly O.
12/10/2009
My first car break in! What a nice winter welcome! It's snowing inside the car - thanks dickhead. Why someone would choose to break in to my glorious 1996 Geo Metro during a blizzard to steal a $200 CD player/system is beyond me. Um, have you seen the cars on my block? Mine is the oldest.
I called the police non-emergency line, and they told me I had to go in person to the police station to file a report. Oh goodie. At least it's close-ish. I chose to drive my car because I didn't want to leave it windowless on the street, and assumed it would probably be safer parked at the police station (they have 1-hr "police business" parking).
When you walk in there is a sign-in clip board at the front desk, with about 20 names on it, though don't be intimidated...I don't think they ever cross off names. There was only one person working at the front desk, and two people ahead of me; putting my wait at about a half hour.
The officer at the front desk was not enthused to be there, a bit sassy, a bit slow. Whateves. She helped me file my report, and gave me some advice about if I should actually file depending on the deductible I have with my insurance policy...something she totally didn't have to tell me, but she did anyways. Thanks lady!
Now, on to the window repair and stereo replacement....why does this shit happen when it's 10 below?
