Transcription
IS WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY. >>GUNN'S ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING. THIS IS ONE ALAMEDA. POLICE SAY THAT THEY RAN INTO RECENTLY ON THEIR STREETS. THESE 2 SEPARATE CASES. >>WE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. AND AND SO OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS ON DANGEROUS DRIVING. AND AS STOPS PROGRESSED, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP MORE INFORMATION.
>>ON WEDNESDAY, META POLICE CHIEF SHARING HIS DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT FOCUS CRACKING DOWN ON CRIME TO HELP MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER COMMUNITIES. A BIG SUPPORTER AROUND TRAFFIC SAFETY. >>AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HEARD THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AS SUCH, WE HAVE INCREASED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ALMOST TRIPLE WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. THE DATA REVEALS A DISTURBING TREND. THE LATEST NUMBERS SHOW 54 DAYS INTO 2026. AND ALAMEDA POLICE HAVE A 47 IMPAIRED DRIVING ARRESTS.
>>CRIME STATS FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S MONTHLY CRIME SUMMARY SHOW THAT THERE WERE 7 IMPAIRED DRIVING ARRESTS THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2025. IN A TOTAL OF 98 LAST YEAR. >>THE LAST ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE SHOWS 97 REPORTABLE CASES OF DRIVNG UNDER THE INFLUENCE IN 2024, WHICH IS UP FROM 73 IN 2023. IN ADDITION, WEAPON LAW VIOLATIONS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN AD AND 100 BETWEEN 2023 IN 2025. WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WHERE DOES THE DATA TAKE US WHERE WE NEED TO AND WHERE SHE MAKING OR SHOULD WE BE MAKING THE ENFORCEMENT STOPS.
>>AS A RESULT, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIMES. AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. UP TO WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE AS IT RELATES >>THE CHIEF SAYS THE PROBLEMS ARE CITYWIDE. SO OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CATCH OFFENDERS. HE ADDS THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE AND CLEAR >>MESSAGES THE ALAMEDA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY PLEASE COME INTO OUR CITY BUT DRIVE RESPONSIBLY AND SAFELY.