San Jose police utilized a new tactic during a weekend sideshow crackdown that resulted in hundreds of people being cited.
Shab said the San Jose sideshow law gives their efforts some teeth. The law makes it illegal to participate in, promote or gather to watch a sideshow. It's a misdemeanor and comes with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to six months in jail.
Police said their chopper is up patrolling on the weekends. The air unit developed the tactic and is now teaching it to other agencies around the state that are facing a similar sideshow problem. "911 calls will always be our priority to make sure that we have enough officers to do that, but we have to pull all these other officers out to be able to manage this," Shab said."We’re committed to doing it if that’s what it takes to solve this problem."At Monterey/Branham, using a large coordinated response we were able to detain approx 500 vehicles/participants.
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