Caltrain Police Blitz Planned Along San Jose Tracks

Who:

Caltrain's Transit Police officers will focus on San Jose for their second intensive trespass abatement sweep of 2003. The "zero tolerance" blitz is intended to heighten awareness that being on railroad property is both illegal and dangerous and that violators will be cited. The Amtrak Police Department and San Mateo County Sheriff's Transit Police will be joined by Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies and San Jose police officers as they patrol the rail corridor.

When:

Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003

Where:

Officers involved in the daylong effort will gather for a 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. briefing at the Amtrak Police office at 93 Cahill St. before beginning the enforcement sweep, which will continue until 7 p.m. The area to be patrolled extends about 1½ miles along the tracks between the San Jose Diridon and Tamien Caltrain stations.

What:

Wednesday's enforcement blitz follows one Jan. 21 in San Francisco during which 16 citations were issued and five arrests were made for trespassing and other railroad-related offenses. Caltrain police are focussing on the area in San Jose because of past problems, including recurrent homeless camps and trespassing on a railroad bridge.