The Berkeley City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on whether to place a controversial police oversight charter amendment on the November ballot.
Andrea Prichett
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Police roust homeless camp; activists vow to return
Berkeley police arrest Nanci Armstrong-Temple on the morning of Friday, Nov. 4. Photo: Paul Kealoha-Blake Berkeley police arrest Nanci Armstrong-Temple on the morning of Friday, Nov. 4. Photo: Paul Kealoha-Blake Early Friday morning, Berkeley police dismantled an encampment that had been set up on Adeline Street to protest the way the city provides homeless services. A contingent of […]
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Police release redacted reports on Berkeley protests
After denying a Public Records Act request from a local police watchdog group, the department responded with heavily redacted documents. The Berkeley Police Department has released two operational plans about protests in the city Dec. 6-7, but most of the wording was blacked out and redacted, so minimal information was revealed. Andrea Prichett, co-founder of Berkeley Copwatch, […]
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City of Berkeley solicits Taser study; anti-Taser group to hold forum Thursday night
Advocates for and against Tasers attended a meeting in May to speak to the Berkeley City Council about whether Berkeley police should be allowed to carry the weapon. Photo: Emilie Raguso Advocates for and against Tasers attended a meeting in May to speak to the Berkeley City Council about whether Berkeley police should be allowed to carry […]
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Officials agree to study Tasers for Berkeley police
Advocates for and against Tasers showed up Tuesday night to speak to the Berkeley City Council. Glenn Turner, in front, says she would rather see an investment in mental health services. Behind her is an officer whose hand was broken during a recent physical fight with a suspect who refused to stop when the officer […]
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Op-ed: Tasers, torture and the soul of the city
The Berkeley City Council will consider asking city staff on May 6 to prepare report on the use of Tasers. Photo: Creative Commons Before I discuss the facts and reasons that lead me to oppose arming Berkeley Police with Tasers, I invite readers to remember a bit of Berkeley history. This city was once nationally […]
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Berkeley Police team wins local Urban Shield contest
Berkeley Police Urban Shield team. Photo: Berkeley Police Association A team of Berkeley Police officers took first place at a recent Bay Area competition to gauge their preparedness in a 48-hour series of grueling emergency response drills, authorities said this week. The fifth annual Bay Area Urban Shield event, which is organized by the Alameda […]
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Emotional pleas prompt call for Kayla Moore report
Kayla Moore’s sister, Maria, and father, Arthur, were among about 40 people who took part in a rally Tuesday night to demand more information about Moore’s in-custody death earlier this year. Photo: Emilie Raguso After a heated public comment period Tuesday night before the Berkeley City Council — which led police officers to drag a […]
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Name released after death in custody, cause unknown
Authorities have released the name of the person who died in custody on Feb. 12 — after police were called to a downtown Berkeley apartment building for a mental health evaluation — as Xavier Christopher Moore. Moore was a 41-year-old Berkeley resident, according to the Alameda County coroner’s office, which released Moore’s name earlier this week. Moore’s cause […]
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City, citizens debate substandard streets, a closed pool
Mayor Tom Bates: “What seems to me the overriding problem of this city is the streets and the state of our water systems.” Photo: Tracey Taylor The bulk of this week’s Berkeley City Council meeting was consumed by public comment and council member debate on potential city measures for the November general election ballot. The three […]
