Dozens of traffic officers from around Alameda County descended on Berkeley on Wednesday to pull over drivers caught breaking the law in “high-collision areas.”
The monthly operation — the location changes each time — ”is a collaborative partnership between the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the California Highway Patrol, and police departments throughout Alameda County,” Berkeley police said this week.
Several readers who saw increased police activity Wednesday morning asked The Scanner what was happening — since Berkeley has only a small traffic unit and traffic enforcement stops don’t happen often…