In the wake of last week’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings, local law enforcement is on high alert for suspicious behavior — and it’s getting help from the public.
The San Francisco Police Department is taking every precaution to protect city streets from potential terrorist threats, and its best tool might be the eyes and ears of the people it’s watching over.
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Authorities on Thursday deemed a suspicious package found at a Tenderloin building to be harmless, police said.
Firefighters had initially responded about 6:30 a.m. to a report of smoke coming from a garbage chute in the building at 44 McAllister St., fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in the chute and discovered that a resident had left a threatening note in his room and had also deactivated smoke detectors and sprinklers, Talmadge said.
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The Mission district swarmed with cops Wednesday, with a bomb scare shutting down streets and evacuating buildings and a nearby shooting halting BART trains and locking down a middle school.
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A suspicious package has been rendered safe after causing the evacuation of a Salvation Army donation center in San Francisco’s Mission district for a couple of hours today, police said.The package was reported at 11:08 a.m. at the donation center located at 1500 Valencia St.Employees at the center found a suspicious-looking package mixed in with some items that had been donated, police spokesman Sgt. Mike Andraychak said.
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A suspicious backpack found near San Francisco’s federal courthouse building this afternoon has been deemed harmless and the all-clear signal has been given, a police spokesman said.The bag was reported at 12:51 p.m. on Golden Gate Avenue just west of Larkin Street, San Francisco police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.
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Police are probing a suspicious package located on the skyway bridge linking Two Embarcadero Center and Three Embarcadero Center.The incident, reported to police around 8:45 a.m., has shut down Davis Street, police said.Pedestrians and drivers are used to taking alternative routes.maldax@sfexaminer.com
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A bomb scare that led to the evacuation of Union Square at the height of business hours Wednesday afternoon unnerved residents and tourists, who remain on edge following the recent botched terrorist attack in New York’s Times Square.
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