More details have emerged related to Berkeley police chief Michael Meehan’s ordering one of his cops to an Oakland Tribune reporter’s house after midnight March 8 to complain about a story he didn’t like. Emails obtained by the Contra Costa Times show the chief emailed the Daily Californian and Berkeley Patch seeking to “clarify” remarks attributed to him at a community meeting that night.
Add: Meehan spent much of the following weekend dealing with media questions about the highly-unusual visit to the reporter’s house, for which he has been roundly criticized. And he was even in touch with two public relations firms. An excerpt:
In an email Tuesday, Meehan said no firms were hired. "No money has been spent on PR related to this issue," he wrote. He did not say why he contacted the firms.
