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Lt. Wes Hester, spokesman for the Berkeley Police Department, announced Thursday that bike cops will be out on an intermittent basis in South Berkeley as part of a plan for increased patrol in that area of the city. 

“Each of the four area coordinators are bicycle trained,” said Hester. “We are putting together a response to the recent shootings and robberies in South Berkeley.” 

On Monday night, Angela Gallegos-Castillo, who works in the office of the City Manager, organized a neighborhood walk around the affected areas of South Berkeley that were sites of recent violence.