Crime & Safety
Search Ends for Suspect Who Clips Berkeley Police Officer During Car Stop
As the officer talked with the driver, the driver drove off and clipped the officer, a Berkeley police spokeswoman said.
Police have called off a search for a suspect who clipped a Berkeley police officer during a car stop Saturday in Oakland, a police spokeswoman said. At about 6:10 p.m. a Berkeley police officer stopped a vehicle for a moving violation at Dover and 61st streets in Oakland, a short distance from the border between the two cities.
As the officer talked with the driver, the driver drove off and clipped the officer, Berkeley police spokeswoman Lt. Alyson Hart said. A chase ensued that went on and off Interstate Highway 580 until
officers lost the suspect in Oakland at MacArthur Boulevard and 75th Avenue, Hart and Oakland police Officer Wesley Huynh said. The officer was not injured.
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