All of these San Mateo County police departments provide for the safe disposal of old medications:

There are confidential drop-off containers at the following Police Departments:

Belmont

Belmont Police Department

One Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA

(650) 595-7400

Brisbane

Brisbane Police Department

50 Park Place, Brisbane, CA

Burlingame

Burlingame Police Department

1111 Trousdale Drive

Burlingame, CA

(650) 777-4100

Daly City

Daly City Police Department

333 90th Street

Daly City, CA

(650) 991-8119

Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay Police Dept.

537 Kelly Ave

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019-1719

(650) 726-8288

Hillsborough

Hillsborough Police Department

1600 Floribunda Avenue

Hillsborough, CA

(650) 375-7400

Millbrae

Millbrae Police Department

581 Magnolia Avenue

Millbrae, CA

(650) 259-2300

Pacifica

Pacifica Police Department

2075 Coast Highway

Pacifica, CA

(650) 738-7314

San Bruno

San Bruno Police Department

1117 Huntington Avenue

San Bruno, CA

(650) 616-7100

San Carlos

San Carlos Police Department

600 Elm Street

San Carlos, CA

(650) 802-4277

San Mateo

San Mateo Police Department

200 Franklin Parkway

San Mateo, CA

(650) 522-7710

South San Francisco

South San Francisco Police Department

33 Arroyo Drive, Suite C

South San Francisco, CA

(650) 877-8900

San Mateo County Sheriff's Office

San Mateo County Sheriff's Office

400 County Center, Third Floor

Redwood City, CA

(650) 599-1536

Sheriff's North Coast Sub-Station

San Mateo County Sheriff's

North Coast Sub-Station

500 California Avenue

Moss Beach, CA

(650) 573-2801

Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. M-F

HOWEVER, it turns out that the Atherton police department officers could not empty the collection containers without getting stuck by discarded needles so Atherton discontinued this important service. Why are Atherton police officers uniquely incapable of doing something that every other police officer in the county seems to have mastered?