The Berkeley City Council adopted the majority of the policies regarding the city’s set of mutual aid agreements with outside law enforcement agencies at their meeting Tuesday night. Read More…
In response to the recent death of a transgender Berkeley resident who was in police custody, Anonymous Queers in Action has planned a protest for Tuesday evening to raise awareness of the incident and to call for increased transparency regarding the investigation. The protest aims to be an “uncompromisingly militant Read More…
The Berkeley City Council revoked a policy requiring the Berkeley Police Department to hold undocumented immigrants in the local jail by request of the federal government at its Tuesday meeting. Read More…
Civilians and civil rights groups raised concerns at press conference on Thursday about the potential purchase by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office of aerial surveillance drones. Read More…
At a special meeting of the Berkeley City Council Tuesday, Police Chief Michael Meehan announced Tuesday that it will not honor its agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold illegal immigrants who are being detained for minor offenses through a program called Secure Communities. Read More…
At its special meeting Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council heard input from community members regarding its contentious mutual aid pact but still made no decision regarding the approval of the pact. The meeting, which first dealt with discussion on the West Berkeley Project, did not get to the mutual Read More…
At its meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council voted to postpone discussion of the city’s contentious mutual aid pact until next week despite a large gathering of city and Bay Area residents who attended to speak about the pact. Councilmembers said the meeting agenda was “arduous” and there would not Read More…