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A police cruiser drives through in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. (AP Photo)

San Francisco Beefs Up Police Presence In Mission District

Additional police are now patrolling the Mission and violence prevention groups are also working around the clock to try to keep the crime at bay.

2012/10/31

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BART Cops Become First To Use New Camera System On Patrol

The company that created the Taser has a new high-tech tool for police, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department is the first in the nation to put it to use.

2012/02/21

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers stand on the platform at the Civic Center station on August 15, 2011 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

BART Police Revamping Approach To Patrolling System

BART wants its officers to be more familiar with the beats they patrol. So officials have divided four zones into five and divided those even further.

2012/02/15

Walnut Creek Police

Walnut Creek Police To Step Up Patrols After Weekend Brawls

In response to another weekend in which drunken brawls took center stage at a handful of downtown Walnut Creek bars, police are stepping up patrols in the area.

2012/01/31

BART Police

BART Increases Security At Downtown San Francisco Stations For Black Friday Shoppers

Passengers traveling on Bay Area Rapid Transit trains Friday might notice more police at downtown San Francisco stations

2011/11/25

Alhambra High School

Police Patrol Martinez School After Threatening Email Sent

A high school in Martinez was the target of a threatening email sent earlier this week that has police increasing their presence on campus Friday.

2011/10/14

San Francisco Federal Building

Residents, Neighbors Look To Clean Up San Francisco Plaza

The quiet plaza near the San Francisco Federal Building has been filled with crime and vandalism, a problem for many neighbors and residents in the area.

KCBS–2011/07/25

BART train (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

BART Counter-Terrorism Team Patrolling Trains

A new team of transit police officers started patrolling BART trains in 2011, walking through the cars to deter any potential terrorist attack.

KCBS–2011/02/03

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