On Saturday night, the San Carlos Police Bureau and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office on Saturday had their @SMCSheriff using the hashtag #SMCVRA.
San Carlos Patch followed along throughout the night and re-posted some of the tweets and photos. Click here to check it out the action.
Here's one of the final tweets and accompanying photos of the night:
SMCSheriff San Mateo County S.O
7 hrs #SMCVRA would not be complete without a trip to the jail. Better experienced in social media then in real life pic.twitter.com/KaF1fm2NAi
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