The Brentwood Police Department took a juvenile into custody and are on the lookout for another after a stolen vehicle pursuit led to a crash and food bail Wednesday afternoon.
According to preliminary information released at scene, police received an ALPR hit from a camera located in the City of Brentwood, police located the vehicle which led to a brief pursuit around 3:00 pm. As an officer was attempting to release spike strips, the vehicle attempted to go around them nearly striking an officer. The vehicle continued to attempt to flee from police before crashing at Highland Way at Shadowcliff Way. Both suspects attempted to foot bail with one juvenile suspect taken into custody.
By 3:30 pm, Brentwood Police had a perimeter established in an attempt to located the second juvenile suspect who was believed to be armed with possibly a firearm–this prompted a SWAT call out. However, by 4:10 pm, police called off the search. At least one of the juveniles is a Brentwood resident and the other is also believed to be “local”. The stolen vehicle was out of San Francisco.
No other information was released.
UPDATED INFO: STOLEN VEHICLE LEADS TO TWO ARRESTS
On Tuesday around 2:00 PM, Brentwood officers spotted a reported stolen vehicle traveling on Sand Creek Road near Shady Willow Lane. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fled and nearly struck one of our officers. Fortunately, the officer was not injured.
The vehicle continued fleeing before crashing into a curb at the intersection of Highland Way and Shadowcliff Way. Two suspects then fled on foot, jumping fences into a nearby residential neighborhood.
Officers quickly established a perimeter and utilized our drones to assist in the search.
A 16-year-old male from Antioch was located hiding in a yard on Aurora Court and was safely taken into custody. The second suspect, identified as a 17-year-old male from Brentwood, was later located and taken into custody by our swing shift and graveyard teams
We want to thank Antioch PD for their assistance during this incident and commend the efforts of all officers involved for their coordinated response and dedication to keeping our community safe.
Editors Note:
With the ALPR hit, its another example of police being able to locate criminals operating in the city. In March, after much debate, Brentwood Agrees to Add 32 Flock License Plate Reader Cameras. This is a two-year agreement at a cost of $240k which will be funded out of the General Fund–for 32 cameras and 3 surveillance camera . The approval, however, did not come without discussion after councilmembers shared 4th Amendment concerns over privacy while councilmember Jovita Mendoza threw a fit it was placed in the consent calendar. Brentwood Police has historically used Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras to assist with criminal investigations. Its current technology (Vigilant) is outdated and at its end of life—while service has not been up to par. However, upgrading to FLOCK will upgrade the technology and allow the city to expand its search capabilities to also include vehicle descriptions without even needing to know the license plate. This is possible through their patented proprietary machine vision technology that analyzes license plates, state recognition, and vehicle attributes such as color, type, make and objects (roof rack, bumper stickers, etc.) based on image analytics (not car registration data)
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