Cukor, who was with his son at the time of the San Francisco encounter, said it was his personal history, not racism, that prompted him to call the police.
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Mentally ill man who killed Peter Cukor of Berkeley is committed to Napa State Hospital for 33 years to life
Andrea Cukor, whose husband Peter Cukor was killed by a mentally ill man in 2012, speaks to reporters after the sentencing. Behind her, her son Alexander Cukor listens to her comments. Photo: Melati Citrawireja Andrea Cukor, whose husband Peter Cukor was killed by a mentally ill man in 2012, speaks to reporters after the sentencing. Behind her, […]
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Cukor family settles lawsuit against Berkeley police
Peter and Andrea Cukor. Photo: Matthew Sumner The family of Peter Cukor, who was allegedly killed by a mentally disturbed man in February 2012 while he waited for police to come to his house, has dropped its lawsuit against Berkeley in exchange for promises to change the questions dispatchers ask those calling during an emergency. […]
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Family of murder victim Cukor files suit against Berkeley
Peter and Andrea Cukor. Photo: Matthew Sumner The family of Peter Cukor, killed by a mentally disturbed man outside his Berkeley hills home on February 18, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the city. R. Lewis Van Blois, the Cukor family attorney, charged in the lawsuit that the city and police acted grossly negligently […]
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Family of murdered man files claim against Berkeley
Peter and Andrea Cukor. Photo: Matthew Sumner The family of Peter Cukor, killed outside his Berkeley hills home on February 18, took steps Wednesday to sue the city of Berkeley for wrongful death. R. Lewis Van Blois, the Cukor family attorney, filed a claim against Berkeley and its police department for wrongful death and severe […]
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Poll: Police Chief’s reputation tarnished, not department
Chief Meehan: damaged reputation after two and a half years on the job Recent actions by Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan have damaged his standing, but the department’s reputation has not been overly tarnished and there is not strong demand for Meehan to apologize. These are the main findings of our “Berkeley Police Chief” Reader […]
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Berkeley will spend up to $50K after police chief blunder
BPD Chief Michael Meehan: two outside agencies have been hired by the city after a mistake he made on March 9 The city of Berkeley has hired a public relations firm at a cost of $24,000 to review the police department’s media policies, bringing the price tag to $49,000 for Police Chief Michael Meehan’s decision […]
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Berkeley murder suspect DeWitt breaks deputy’s jaw
Daniel Jordan DeWitt: charged with February 18 murder of Peter Cukor in the Berkeley hills Daniel Jordan DeWitt, the 23-year old charged with murdering Peter Cukor, 67, outside his Berkeley Hills home on February 18, yesterday punched an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy and broke his jaw, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. DeWitt was being […]
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Berkeley police officer switching jobs in wake of scandal
Sgt Mary Kusmiss: returning to Berkeley Police Department patrol duties Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, the public information officer who the Berkeley police chief sent to the home of a reporter around 1 am on March 9, prompting media coverage around the world, is stepping down from her post. Sgt. Kusmiss will return to patrol duties sometime […]
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Family of murder victim criticizes police response
The entrance to the house where Peter Cukor was attacked and killed. Photo: Tracey Taylor Peter Cukor used his cell phone and what he had been told was an emergency number when he called Berkeley police to report that a strange man was lurking around his property, his family said at a press conference Friday. […]
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Police used internal database to get reporter’s address
Chief Michael Meehan at a police promotion ceremony on March 27. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel When Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan wanted to find out how to contact Oakland Tribune reporter Doug Oakley to get him to change a story he had written, he directed a sergeant to look for an address on a police database. […]
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City releases transcript of murder victim’s call to police
Berkeley has released a transcript of a call made by Peter Cukor to BPD on Feb 18, shortly before he was murdered outside his home on Park Gate in the Park Hills neighborhood of Berkeley. Photo: Tracey Taylor City officials on Tuesday released a transcript of Peter Cukor’s Feb. 18 non-emergency call to police, and in […]
