Venice Police Department

Joycelyn Dinh

Extremely vigilant and proactive on their response time and due diligence. Never have I experienced a more well managed and publicly respected police department. I don’t reside in Venice but if I did they would be within the top 5 reasons as to why I would. Thank you for all that you all do.

Rosa Becker

I’ve had a couple bad experiences. Rude & on a power trip when I was pulled over for a tail light being out one night. I was 2 seconds from my house when the lights came on, so to pull over in a safe place I turned on my street & pulled in my driveway. The lady accused me of “trying to run” like what?! Obviously wasn’t trying to run & if I was further from home, I would’ve just pulled on the side of the road. The other horrible experience was when my narcissistic ex husband called the cops on me. Per our parenting plan, the receiving parent picks up our kids. It was my weekend & I was picking them up on a Fri evening. When I reminded him he was picking them up Sun evening, he right away refuses & calls the cops on me! The older cop who looked my ex’s age, actually sided with my ex saying I’d be charged for kidnapping..excuse me?! How is picking up our children on MY weekend & him refusing to pick them up when he’s supposed to kidnapping?! I’m not stopping him from getting our kids at all. The cop just said I’d have to take it to court. My ex would have been in violation of the parenting plan not me. There’s nothing to take to court when I already have it in writing that the receiving parent picks our kids up. That officer needs to learn what a parenting plan is & learn the law in who’s actually in violation. I was treated like some young dumb Mom compared to my much older ex. Ridiculous. Get the facts first before assuming Mr police officer.

Anne Sanders

This location at 1350 Ridgewood Ave is no longer the Venice police station. This is now Venice Public Works department.

Anastasia Ilin

Called to police about fraud, they told me that officer will call me back .. yes .. somebody called and then .. I will call you back later …. Terrible experience, we are the people who wanted to move to nokomis FL, but maybe if was a sign… terrible experience!!!