Undercover?
I know there's a few BART police out there -- has there ever been any undercover operations put into place on BART? I think there's many more fish to catch when a uniformed officer is not within sight.
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1. Concept C http://bart.gov/docs/cars/interiorConepage.pdf
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Undercover?I know there's a few BART police out there -- has there ever been any undercover operations put into place on BART? I think there's many more fish to catch when a uniformed officer is not within sight. |
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Yes, BPD does have an
Yes, BPD does have an undercover detail. That is all I will say as I do not wish to blow their cover.
They wear a small blue button
They wear a small blue button on their shirts. See if you can spot on one your next trip.
I heard they always wear Blue
I heard they always wear Blue Socks.
Yes we do have undercover
Yes we do have undercover officers and they are a very busy team. Recently the team nabbed a bad guy that was stealing laptops from patrons on the train. They also do much more that I'm sure they don't want me talking about in this forum, but I figured they wont mind me giving out that little bit.
I worked on an undercover team 10 years ago. One case I remember we worked had to do with some guy robbing people at the Coliseum station. It was very rewarding to finally catch him.
You are absolutely right with respect to seeing more criminal activity not being in uniform. However, law abiding citizen's would rather see uniforms on the trains and in the stations.
One day, about 25 years ago,
One day, about 25 years ago, a co-worker and I were going up the steps to the platform at Hayward station. I had seen what looked like a street person standing there with a paper bag like it had a bottle of wine in it.
Once we were above him, I could see that what was in the bag was actually a walkie talkie or "portable" in BART lexicon. In those days, most of the portables were Motorola.
I said jokingly to my co-worker "That Motorola sure makes a mean wine." The undercover man didn't flinch except he did cinch down on the top of the bag a little.
Another time, I was on the platform at MacArthur and a woman collapsed next to me. As I knelt down to see if I could help her, another person in plain clothes was soon there to assist. When the guy bent over, I saw a gun sticking out of his belt under his open shirt tail. He saw me looking at the gun and then flashed a badge and said BART PD. What a relief. For an instant, I thought I was being set up for a mugging.