Plans to build a new In-N-Out Burger near the Webster Tube in Alameda have city leaders and hundreds of residents voicing their opposition to the restaurant – citing it will attract crime, increase traffic and produce other problems for the area.
The Alamedan reports that even District Attorney Nancy O’Malley voiced her concerns at a recent Planning Board meeting.
“We have people coming to what can be considered a vulnerable site in Alameda,” O’Malley said. “It’s easy in and easy out, no pun intended, with the Alameda tube.”
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However, Acting Police Chief Paul Rolleri reportedly feels different.
“There’s no absolutes (sic). We won’t know for sure until it’s in there,” Rolleri told the Alamedan.
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The In-N-Out is part of the Alameda Landing development that includes a Target-anchored shopping center under construction and 276 planned new homes.
Despite concerns from Alameda residents, police in four East Bay cities that are home to In-N-Out Burger, including San Leandro, said the restaurant hasn’t been a bigger problem than similar businesses. All four are near major freeways.
San Leandro Police Lt. Randy Brandt said the In-N-Out in his city has not generated many police calls.
“The correlation between In-N-Out and crime would be really hard for us to figure out,” he told the Alamedan. “I haven’t heard any negative stuff at all.”
