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Police videotape crowd at rail meeting

Original post made on Sep 3, 2009

Tipped off by blogs that there would be a big crowd at the Aug. 26 high-speed rail meeting, a Menlo Park police officer videotaped the crowd in the hopes of deterring violence among groups of protesters.

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Posted by Kal Trains
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 3, 2009 at 9:16 am

Taking video of a large crowd is a standard police practice, said spokeswoman Nicole Acker. If there's a crime, the footage can be used as evidence, but mostly the presence of a camera encourages people to keep their cool.

Put a camera up and you entice trouble.

Anybody have tape of this "Officer of the Menlo Park Police Dept." ?

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Posted by Renee Batti
associate editor of The Almanac
on Sep 3, 2009 at 10:36 am
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