Officer Andrew Cassianos inspects a bag of marijuana found during a traffic stop.

BY SHALEECE HAAS // At 10:50 p.m. on Friday night, Emeryville police officer Andrew Cassianos pulled up alongside the flashing lights of another police car on 67th Street at San Pablo Avenue. Two officers shone their flashlights into the trunk and interior of a gray Oldsmobile sedan while the owner of the car sat handcuffed in the back of the police car, his head down. Read the full story

Ken James joined the Emeryville police as a rookie patrol officer more than 30 years ago. Now head of the department, he talks to In Emeryville about neighborhood crimes, what real police work is about, and why it takes his officers just three minutes to show up at your door.

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A breakdown of the reported crimes in Emeryville from last year.