Vigil To Mark 10 Years Since Oscar Grant’s Death By BART Police Officer
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A vigil will be held Tuesday to remember Oscar Grant III, who was fatally shot 10 years ago by a BART police officer. The event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at the Fruitvale BART...
View ArticleBART Police Institute Reforms In Decade Since Oscar Grant’s Death
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Ten years after 22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot and killed by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle at an Oakland station, the transit agency’s department looks much different....
View ArticleBART Police Increase Reward For Suspect In 2016 Fatal Shooting
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — BART police on Wednesday released new information about a 2016 fatal shooting on board a BART train and more than doubled the reward money for information leading to the killer in...
View ArticleOvernight Team to Help Homeless at Contra Costa County BART Stations
CONCORD (CBS SF) — A new team of overnight workers is trying to help homeless people who end up sleeping on BART trains or in stations because they have nowhere else to go. The team is based in Contra...
View ArticleBART Board Approves Naming Road At Fruitvale Station ‘Oscar Grant III Way’
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – More than 10 years after Oscar Grant III was fatally shot by a police officer at the Fruitvale BART station, BART’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday morning to name a...
View ArticleFruitvale BART Station Reopens As Police Search For Stabbing Suspect
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police in Oakland are searching for a male suspect in a stabbing on a BART train arriving at Fruitvale station Friday afternoon that shut down the station for nearly two hours,...
View ArticleBART Police Release Photos Of Suspect In Stabbing On Train At Fruitvale Station
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART police on Saturday morning released photos from surveillance video of the suspect in a stabbing on a train Friday afternoon that shut down Fruitvale station for nearly two...
View ArticleWoman Hospitalized After Man Strikes Her In Head On BART Train
COLMA (KPIX 5) — A man was arrested after hitting a woman in the head with an object on a BART train late Monday evening, according to BART officials. At around 9:35 p.m., the suspect encountered the...
View ArticleRichmond Man Arrested In Connection With El Cerrito Homicide
EL CERRITO (CBS SF) – A Richmond man wanted in connection with a homicide last month in El Cerrito was arrested after BART police detained him at the Richmond BART station on Saturday night, police...
View ArticleBART Increases Police Presence To Curb Violence, Fare Evasion
OAKLAND (KPIX) — Extra patrols were visible at BART stations throughout the Bay Area Monday as transit officials launched an effort to crackdown on crime and fare evaders. Passengers on the system may...
View ArticleBART Adds Emergency Call Boxes, Cameras At Oakland Coliseum Station
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART on Wednesday was testing new safety measures at one Oakland station that’s not only one of the busiest in the system, but also one of the most dangerous. New call boxes and...
View ArticleBART Releases Report On Oscar Grant Shooting; New Details Revealed
OAKLAND (CBS SF/AP) – Newly released documents are providing more insight into the deadly shooting of Oscar Grant on a BART platform more than a decade ago. On New Year’s Day in 2009 BART Police...
View ArticleBART Police Chief Retires With Rider Safety Concerns On The Rise
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — After two years on the job, BART Police Chief Carlos Rojas retired after working his last day on the job was Monday. His retirement comes at a tough time for the transit agency with...
View ArticleBART Issues Warning After 400 Device Thefts Reported Through April
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – BART police will hand out cards on trains this week advising passengers to be aware of their surroundings to avoid cellphone thieves. According to BART, the index-card sized handouts...
View ArticleBART Rider Handcuffed, Cited For Eating Sandwich On Pleasant Hill Station...
PLEASANT HILL (KPIX) – An incident involving a BART rider eating a sandwich on the train platform that ended with the passenger handcuffed and cited was captured on video and is raising questions...
View ArticleBART General Manager Issues Apology To Man Cited For Eating Sandwich At Station
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART General Manager Bob Powers issued a statement Monday morning apologizing to the man who was cited last week for eating a sandwich on the Pleasant Hill station platform. The...
View ArticleMan Cited For Eating Sandwich On BART Platform To File Lawsuit
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — The man busted for eating a sandwich at the Pleasant Hill BART station last week has taken a first step in moving toward suing the transit agency. In a news conference Thursday...
View ArticleGood Samaritan Stabbed To Death On BART Train After Trying To Stop Theft
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — A man who was stabbed to death on a BART train Tuesday afternoon was a Good Samaritan who had tried to intervene in an attempted theft, a BART spokesperson confirmed. BART announced...
View ArticleCoroner Identifies Good Samaritan Killed In Fatal BART Train Stabbing
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — The Alameda County Coroner on Wednesday released the identity of the man who was fatally stabbed on a BART train in South Hayward after trying to stop a suspect from stealing a...
View ArticleBART Workers Voice Safety Concerns In Wake Of Fatal Stabbing
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — BART employees on Thursday talked to the transit agency’s board of directors about safety concerns, two days after a man was fatally stabbed on board a train. It was the BART Board...
View ArticleSuspect In Fatal South Hayward BART Stabbing Arraigned On Murder Charges
DUBLIN (CBS SF) — A San Francisco man was arraigned on multiple felony charges Thursday for the fatal stabbing of a 49-year-old man on a BART train at the transit agency’s South Hayward station on...
View ArticleBART GM Touts Increased Security, Sunday Schedule Changes On Listening Tour
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – BART riders can expect an increased police presence starting Monday, the transit agency’s general manager announced over the weekend. “Being in the trains, six teams of two....
View ArticleSuspect Arrested Following Sexual Assault Inside Millbrae BART Parking Garage...
MILLBRAE (CBS SF) — BART police, in cooperation with the Clayton and Concord police departments, arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a Friday morning sexual assault at the Millbrae BART...
View ArticleBART Police Auditor Probes Racial Disparity In Fare Evasion Crackdown
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — BART’s Office of the Independent Police Auditor is looking into a wide racial disparity between who’s being issued tickets during the transit agency’s crackdown on fare evaders....
View ArticleOscar Grant Vigil Planned At Noon At Fruitvale BART Station
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A vigil is planned for Wednesday at the Fruitvale BART station to mark the 11th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III by a BART police officer. The noon rally at the...
View ArticleAlvarez Begins Tenure As New BART Police Chief
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The new BART police chief is set to begin his tenure Friday amid an announcement about new strategies to increase police presence on trains and reduce crime on the transit system....
View ArticleBART Begins Increased Police Patrols On Trains, At Stations
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — As it looks for ways to increase ridership, BART is ramping up security to try to give riders greater peace of mind. Whenever BART surveys its customers it always gets the same...
View ArticleCHP Arrests Suspect for Assault on BART Train Near Lake Merritt
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A suspect was taken into custody Thursday for assaulting another person with a chain on a BART train near Lake Merritt station on Tuesday, BART officials said. The suspect was...
View ArticleBART Police Use Overdose Antidote Narcan Twice In One Day
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — BART Police have been carrying the opioid antidote Narcan for less than a year now, but they recently had to use it twice in the same day. It’s an emergency life-saving...
View ArticleJury Orders BART To Pay $6.3M In Fatal Police Shooting Of Sahleem Tindle Jr.
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — A federal jury has ordered Bay Area Rapid Transit to pay more than $6.3 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a transit officer following an altercation with another man...
View ArticleBART Board Of Directors Votes Against Defunding BART Police
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The BART Board of Directors on Thursday acknowledged the value in reforming its law enforcement agency but declined to reduce or eliminate funding for BART police in the agency’s...
View ArticlePolice Seek Woman Who Pushed Man Onto Tracks At Berkeley BART Station
BERKELEY (CBS SF) — BART police are seeking a woman who pushed a man onto the tracks as a train was approaching at the Downtown Berkeley station Monday night. The push was reported at 9:18 p.m. but the...
View ArticleBART Police Launch 24/7 Direct Text Initiative for Rider Assistance
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The BART police department is launching a new initiative to help riders request assistance from officers. Text BART Police allows riders, employees and other individuals in the BART...
View ArticleCivic Center BART Station Reopens In San Francisco After Robbery And Shooting...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — BART’s Civic Center station in San Francisco was closed for over an hour Thursday afternoon due to an SFPD robbery and shooting investigation that impacted train service in the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Alameda County DA Says No Charges Against Former BART Cop Pirone In...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Alameda County District Attorney on Monday announced that her office would not be filing new charges against former BART police officer Anthony Pirone following a lengthy...
View ArticleOfficials Condemn DA O’Malley For Not Pursuing New Charges In Oscar Grant’s...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two BART directors and an Oakland City Councilmember condemned Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley Tuesday for deciding not to pursue charges against former BART police...
View ArticleBART Board Approves 3-Year Contract Extension With Police Unions
OAKLAND (BCN) – The BART Board of Directors approved a three-year contract extension with the unions representing BART police Thursday, which union officials say will aid the hiring of non-officer...
View ArticleCivic Center BART Station Reopens After Police Investigation into Fight on Train
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) — BART’s Civic Center station in San Francisco has reopened Friday morning following a police investigation that prompted the closure of the station for several hours, an agency...
View ArticleBART Police Arrest Murder Suspect After Body Found Near South Hayward Station
HAYWARD (CBS SF) — BART police arrested a man on a murder charge after a body was found near the South Hayward station Wednesday. Police said officers responded at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday and found the...
View ArticleSuspicious Person on Train Detained at Walnut Creek BART Station, Delaying...
WALNUT CREEK (BCN/CBS SF) — Police activity surrounding a suspicious person on a BART train closed the Walnut Creek station for a short period Monday evening before the person was detained, according...
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