CHP Office

My encounter with a CHP officer this last summer was impressive. Simply impressive. He came to my vehicle when prompted...listened intently... identified himself without hesitation when asked, and followed up on my hunch that a vehicle had just been stolen...which come to find out, my hunch was right on. Guess my years employed by another law enforcement agency paid off?!Fast forward to this evening, and last Monday at 0236 hours. Well, I'm just a little confused by the 'emergency alerts' when one is prompted at 0236 hours (in civilian time that's 2:30 a.m. - that's right - 2:30 a.m. in the morning!!!) We all damn near had heart failure when that shrill sound came through our phones making us jump out of our beds in the middle of deep sleep!! Who in their right mind would do such a thing? Do these folks (dispatchers I assume) have no clue that there are autistic, elderly, physically challenged, mentally challenged, and other people who have significant health issues like those with cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, etc., that could be severely impacted by such a delirious and thoughtless thing to do? PUSH an alert at that hour? Do they? OMG! What the hell?After that 2:30 a.m. BLAST of emergency from the CHP, we couldn't go back to sleep! It was just horrible. Someone needs to talk to the individual who made that call...because in my humble opinion, it was the wrong one. Further, the "Silver" alert that came across today at 1900 hours (7:00 p.m.) was interesting, to say the least. Interesting because only 236 people viewed it by the time I did. It seemed odd to me that only 236 people had viewed that emergency "Silver" alert - but I think I may know why! BECAUSE "SILVER" means OLD! GODFORBID! An elderly (old) missing person?! WTF? So now the elderly - or old - are being LABELED BY THE CHP? WHY? I think that is also the wrong call. In this day and age, the elderly are (for the most part) treated like scum. This type of alert should simply be made as a "Missing Persons" alert, so more people will view the alert - increasing the odds, or chances, that the "missing person" could be located. What sad commentary for the elderly in our society, being imposed by the most respected law enforcement agency in town (once again, in my humble opinion).

Extremely polite and helpful employees at this CHP location! I was helped quickly - an overall nice experience.

The bad part it's not State porperty they are leasing building so the have to have private contractors instead of SEIU Local 1000 Custodians.Make America Great Again.

Chp dispatch is very rude and disrespectful. Dispatch thinks they are going to tell you what you are going to do.