Berkeley Police Department Chief Michael Meehan used the department’s police forces and assistance to search for his son’s stolen cellphone, according to a department statement released Monday. Meehan’s son’s iPhone was reportedly stolen at Berkeley High School in January, but a report was not immediately written up following the incident. Read More…
Berkeley Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Mary Kusmiss — who was thrust into the spotlight when she was sent to the home of a local reporter in March — will switch posts and return to the operations division of the department on June 21. In an April email, Kusmiss said she Read More…
News reporters are beholden to the truth. The risk of inaccuracy is a constant concern each carries. They expect sources to inform them when mistakes of fact are discovered. But Berkeley police Chief Michael Meehan’s nighttime effort to push Oakland Tribune journalist Doug Oakley for a correction was unacceptable. Oakley Read More…
Berkeley Police Department announced it will be audited by a communications company in a department effort to curtail criticism regarding its media policies, following a March incident when a department spokesperson was ordered to a Bay Area reporter’s home in the middle of the night to ask for changes in Read More…
Days after the chief of Berkeley Police Department apologized for what he called an “error in judgement,” his actions Friday continue to garner criticism and raise questions about freedom of speech in the city. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan has gained national attention for sending the department’s spokesperson to a Read More…
